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| Haslam: Don't Criticize Prison Audit Until Results Released |
| By nashvillescene.com- Amanda Haggard |
| Published: 10/05/2015 |
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Over at WPLN, they've got words from Republican Gov. Bill Haslam asking critics not to put the cart before the horse on a recent review of the state's prisons that has already been called into question before its release. The review comes amid former and current employee complaints concerning violence and a new schedule that's caused a staffing shortage all while the system faces overcrowding. The Tennessee Department of Correction initiated the review after the department's head, Derrick Schofield, took heat at a Legislative hearing at the end of August. Rep. Mike Stewart, D- Nashville, and Sen. Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville, have also both recently called on the governor to launch an investigation into the department because of media reports and documents passed to Stewart by TDOC employees. Read More. |
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