Status open Phone +1 731-253-5000 | Security class medium Capacity 2,377 | |
Location 960 TN-212Tiptonville, Tennessee Managed by Tennessee Department of Corrections Similar Fulton County Jail, Lake County Ambulan, Reelfoot Lake State Park, Cypress Point Resort, Reelfoot Lake Inn | ||
The Northwest Correctional Complex is a state prison in Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee, owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Corrections. The facility hold 2377 inmates at medium security.
In July 2015 eight NCC inmates sustained knife wounds in gang-related stabbings. The prison, as well as the state's Northeast Correctional Complex, was put on lockdown. The disturbances were put down to understaffing and a "severe manpower shortage" following Tennessee's decision to reconfigure correctional officers' schedules to save money on overtime.
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