Public safetyFinding

Tennessee should keep contracting with private companies to run state prisons.

Tennessee pays a private company to operate several of its state prisons. Ending these contracts would shift those prisons to state operation or other arrangements.

Jerri Green

Democratic
Disagree

No, and on Day One I would notify CoreCivic that we are cutting our contracts.

Press quote · Sep 8, 2026 · retrieved Sep 28, 2026

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Confidence
Medium (0.60)
Review
Verified AI research, accepted by the VoteVera editor on Sep 30, 2026.
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Ruling

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