Turney Center Industrial Complex Explained

Prison Name:	Turney Center Industrial Complex
Location:	1499 R W Moore Memorial Rt Hwy Only, Tennessee
Status:	Open
Classification:	Close / Mixed
Capacity:	1247 + 446 in Annex = 1693^[1]
Opened:	1971
Director:	Warden Christopher Brun

The Turney Center Industrial Complex is a state prison in Only, Hickman County, Tennessee, owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction.^[2] The facility opened in 1971 originally serving as Turney Center for Youthful Offenders. Later changed to Turney Center Prison, Turney Center Industrial Farm and Prison and by 2008 assuming its current name of Turney Center Industrial Complex.

Turney also has a minimum-security Annex at 245 Carroll Road, Clifton, Wayne County, Tennessee. This facility opened in 1985 and was formerly the Wayne County Boot Camp.

Notable prisoners

• Brandon E. Banks - rapist in Vanderbilt rape case
• Kong Bounnam - featured in I (Almost) Got Away with It
• Bruce Mendenhall - "The Truckstop Killer"
• Jamie Ellison Rouse - perpetrator of the 1995 Richland High School shooting^[3]

References

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Notes and References

1. As of 2007; see Web site: TDOC Facility List 2007. Project Return Inc. (Nashville). 8 September 2016.
2. Web site: Turney Center Industrial Complex. Tennessee Department of Correction. 7 September 2016.
3. https://foil.app.tn.gov/foil/details.jsp