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West Tennessee Detention Facility is a multi-jurisdictional facility located in Tipton County, Tennessee. Rated capacity: 600. Reported population: 47. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
600
Current population
47
Occupancy
8%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Tennessee
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
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This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
est City, Arkansas, where he is serving an 18-year sentence for one count of distribution of child pornography. Amanda Gilchrist, a spokesperson for CoreCivic, which operates the West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason, called the author’s allegations about his medical treatment “patently false” in a statement to The Marshall Project. Gilchrist said that privacy laws bar CoreCivic “from
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World Prisons. (2026). West Tennessee Detention Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/west-tennessee-detention-facility
"West Tennessee Detention Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/west-tennessee-detention-facility.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {West Tennessee Detention Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/west-tennessee-detention-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}