Grady Edwards, #503157

ROAN MOUNTAIN, TN – An inmate who walked away from a minimum-custody work crew on Tuesday has been captured.

NASHVILLE –The Department of Correction will hold a job fair this weekend for professionals interested in working in one of four Nashville prisons.

ONLY - An inmate who walked away from the Turney Center Industrial Complex - Annex is back in TDOC custody.  Calvin Reeves, 39, was discovered missing from the minimum-security facility in Only, Tennessee just after 9:00 a.m. Thursday morning.

ONLY - The Department of Correction is searching for a minimum-custody inmate who walked off from the Turney Center Industrial Complex - Annex.  Calvin Reeves, 39, was discovered missing just after 9:00 a.m. Thursday morning from the minimum-security facility in Only, Tennessee.

NASHVILLE - The Department of Correction is proud to welcome nearly 100 correctional professionals from across the country to Tennessee this week for the 67th Annual Deputy Warden's Association Conference.  Nashville was selected as the site for this year's conference which will be held at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel July 29 - August 2, 2012.

Officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan

WARTBURG - It has been seven years since Correctional Officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan was killed in the line of duty while escorting an inmate from the Roane County Courthouse.  A 28-year employee of the Department of Correction and a Vietnam War Veteran, Officer Morgan was two years away from retirement when an inmate's wife shot and killed him during an escape plot.

NASHVILLE - Recognizing the importance of mentors in the lives of children of incarcerated parents, the Tennessee Department of Correction has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Amachi initiative.  The program works to break the intergenerational cycle of crime and incarceration and gives an often forgotten group of children the chance to reach their highest potential.

NASHVILLE - Governor Bill Haslam has proclaimed July 15-21, 2012 as Probation, Parole and Community Corrections Officers week in Tennessee and is encouraging all Tennesseans to recognize the contributions of these law enforcement professionals.

NASHVILLE, TN- Commissioner Derrick D. Schofield is pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph Bishop as Director of the Office of Investigations and Compliance (OIC). Bishop is a 32-year veteran of law enforcement and has served as Chief of the Columbia, Tennessee Police Department since 2008. As head of the OIC, Bishop will oversee the Department’s law enforcement, special operations, and compliance units. 

NASHVILLE - Commissioner Derrick D. Schofield has appointed Dr. Marina Cadreche, Psy.D. to the position of Director of Clinical Services for the Tennessee Department of Correction.  Dr. Cadreche previously served as the Department's Mental Health Director.  In her new role, she will oversee medical, mental health and substance abuse services provided to the inmate population.