NASHVILLE - First Lady Andrea Conte and TDOC Commissioner Gayle Ray will announce details of the first of its kind walk to focus attention on victim's rights.  You have the Power and the Tennessee Department of Correction have joined to sponsor a "No More Victims" walk on October 2.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Correction is awarding Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennesee, lead agency for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tennessee Amachi initiative, $300,000 to serve children in Tennessee through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tennessee Amachi Initiative.

WARTBURG - The Department of Correction is investigating the death of an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex.  Cecil Smith, 37, was found dead inside his cell at approximately 6:47 a.m. on Friday morning.  Smith's death appears to have been the result of a suicide.  An autopsy will be performed by the state medical examiner.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Correction is asking for the public's assistance in locating an escaped inmate who may now be in northern Alabama or Florida. 

Arthur Milks, 38, escaped from the Henderson County, Tennessee jail on Sunday, July 25 by jumping over a fence.  Sometime between 6:30 Tuesday night and 7:30 this morning, Milks is believed to have broken into an Alabama Department of Transportation office in Moulton, Alabama and stolen clothes, food and a 2010 white Ford F-150 pickup truck.  The truck has four doors, a black bed cover, an antenna bolted to the roof and the license tage number S5066A.

NASHVILLE - A correctional corporal at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville is recovering this morning after being attacked by an inmate.  Corporal Rafael Morales was stabbed multiple times by inmate Kevin Goff at approximately 7:21 p.m. Tuesday night.  Cpt. Morales was in stable condition at Vanderbilt Medical Center with stab wounds to his head, arms and abdomen.

ONLY - The Turney Center Industrial Prison is doing its part to help flood victims on the road to recovery.  More than 50 TDOC employees experienced significant loss during the May floods.  Six Turney Center employees suffered damage.  On Wednesday, a special benefit will be held at the prison to help raise money for staff affected by the floods.

ONLY - It may sound a little odd to hear that some of the hottest hairstyles around are being designed inside a Tennessee prison.  The cosmetology school at Turney Center Industrial Prison has been achieving great success and helping inmates prepare for careers away from prison.  This week, the inmates will put their new skills to the test by competing in the Turney Center Hair Show.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Correction has discovered some encouraging news in its latest study on recidivism.  The just released report shows that felons released from TDOC prisons are now less likely to return to custody.

NASHVILLE - The Riverbend Maximum Security Institution is doing its part to help flood victims on the road to recovery.  More than 50 TDOC employees experienced significant loss during the May floods.  On Friday, a special benefit will be held at the prison to help raise money for TDOC staff affected by the floods.