The Tennessee Department of Corrections is in charge of the jail and penal system for the state of Tennessee. The current commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Corrections is Gayle E. Ray. The Tennessee Department of Corrections oversees the 14 prisons within Tennessee, of which three are actually private institutions. 

These 14 institutions under the control of the Tennessee Department of Corrections include the Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex, the Hardeman County Correctional Facility, the South Central Correctional Facility, the Northwest Correctional Complex, the West Tennessee State Penitentiary, and the Whiteville Correctional Facility. The Tennessee Department of Corrections is also in charge of 20,000 inmates located within these 14 institutions. Male inmates are held in 12 of these institutions, while female inmates are held in the remaining 2.

The Tennessee Department of Corrections offers up a program known as TRICOR, which stands for the Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction. TRICOR is a program designed by the Tennessee Department of Corrections to provide inmates with the opportunity to work within the state's prison industry. Almost a thousand of the inmates within the Tennessee Department of Corrections system work within TRICOR. 

Other opportunities exist for inmates as well, including community work crew projects which are designed to assist the communities around the prisons, and education programs, through which inmates can obtain their GEDs. Currently, 1905 inmates within the Tennessee Department of Corrections system are estimated to be trying to pursue a vocational certificate, while 2635 are pursuing a GED. If you need legal advice and assistance, contact Tennessee lawyers.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections is the institution in South Carolina which controls the jails and penal systems of that state. The SC Department of Corrections is under the direct jurisdiction of the Governor of South Carolina, who is currently Governor Mark Sanford. 

The SC Department of Corrections does have a director, however, who is Jon Ozmint currently. At this time, the SC Department of Corrections is estimated to have close to 6000 employees working in various roles throughout the penal system. Furthermore, the SC Department of Corrections has about 23,000 inmates kept within its system across 28 different institutions spread throughout South Carolina. These institutions include the Broad River Correctional Institution, the McCormick Correction Institution, and the Goodman Correctional Institution.

Every correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the SC Department of Corrections is given one of four different designations: Level 1-A, Level 1-B, Level 2, and Level 3. Level 1-A facilities are pre-release facilities, designed to house only those inmates who are being prepared for release back into the community, and thus, the SC Department of Corrections has given these facilities a focus on preparing inmates for becoming productive members of the community. 

Programs which the SC Department of Corrections might make available in Level 1-A facilities include GED programs, rehabilitation programs, and vocational programs. Level 1-B facilities are minimum security facilities which house those inmates who do not have long sentences. Level 2 facilities are medium securities under the purview of the SC Department of Corrections, and Level 3 facilities are high security facilities. If you need legal advice and assistance, contact South Carolina lawyers.

The Connecticut Department of Corrections, or the CT Department of Corrections, is the department of state government in Connecticut which is responsible for governing the jail and penal system of Connecticut. The Connecticut Department of Corrections has jurisdiction over 18 different facilities spread throughout the state. One of these 18 facilities is closed currently. Another one of the facilities is used to hold female offenders, and another is used to hold teenage male offenders. The other 16 facilities, including the closed facility, all hold the adult male offenders under the jurisdiction of the CT Department of Corrections. 

These facilities include the Hartford, Bergin, Brooklyn, York, New Haven and Bridgeport facilities, among others. The Connecticut Department of Corrections, according to recent estimates, holds about 20,000 inmates within its institutions. This includes inmates who were simply accused, and have yet to be officially sentenced, although the numbers of such inmates are obviously lower than the numbers of the sentenced inmates.

The CT Department of Corrections has made one of its most important goals to decrease the chances of recidivism in terms of its inmates. Recidivism refers specifically to inmates, once released, committing another crime and being sent back to jail. The Connecticut Department of Corrections now provides a substance abuse treatment program which is designed to help reduce the rates of recidivism among released inmates, along with the Charlene Perkins Re-entry Center. The Charlene Perkins Re-entry Center was designed by the CT Department of Corrections in order to assist inmates with re-entry back into the community. Contact a Connecticut lawyer for legal advice and assistance.

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has jurisdiction over the penal system of Pennsylvania at the state level. The PA Department of Corrections does not have jurisdiction over the individual county jails throughout Pennsylvania, however. The PA Department of Corrections is currently headed by Shirley Moore Smeal, who is the acting Corrections Secretary in Pennsylvania. The PA Department of Corrections oversees 26 different correctional institutions, along with a number of other facilities, such as a motivational boot camp, a training academy, 40 contract facilities, and 14 community corrections centers. 

The motivational boot camp of the PA Department of Corrections is a facility which is designed to utilize a military-style of training in order to assist inmates to change their behaviors and personalities drastically. The program was designed by the PA Department of Corrections to allow for the release of inmates after they complete a six-month course at the boot camp. The PA Department of Corrections employs 16000 individuals, and within the system of the PA Department of Corrections are more than 51000 individuals. The PA Department of Corrections also does not have power over the awarding of parole, as such power is granted to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.

The PA Department of Corrections uses its community center facilities in order to assist inmates with their re-entry into society. In many instances, the PA Department of Corrections is able to create a partnership with a particular business or organization within the community, such that they might collaborate to better help inmates re-enter society. Contact Pennsylvania lawyers for legal advice and assistance.

The Arizona Department of Corrections is the agency in Arizona which controls, monitors, and maintains the jails and penal system throughout Arizona. The Arizona Department of Corrections employs close to ten thousand individuals in a number of different positions. 

The Arizona Department of Corrections has jurisdiction over 14 different facilities, including the Perryville, Yuma, Tucson, Phoenix, and Winslow facilities. There are also a number of private facilities in Arizona, which do fall under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Corrections in part. The total population of inmates under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Corrections is close to forty thousand individuals. The current Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections is Charles L. Ryan.

The Arizona Department of Corrections uses a number of different programs in order to both help the inmates within its jurisdiction and to provide a greater benefit for the community of Arizona. For example, one of the programs set up by the Arizona Department of Corrections is an inmate labor program, in which inmates are sent to assist with labor all throughout the state in a number of ways. 

The Arizona Department of Corrections has this program set up so that inmates might help to fight brush fires, clean up parks and highway sides, and more. Furthermore, some of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Corrections may offer up reentry programs which are designed to provide inmates with the skills necessary to prosper once released back into the community. If you need legal advice and assistance, contact Arizona lawyers.