Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

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The bill makes it mandatory for every correctional officer at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to wear a body camera that records whenever they are on duty and could interact with an inmate. It also directs the Department of Correction to study the cost of providing body cameras to all correctional staff and prison‑contractor employees at similar facilities and to report the findings by July 1 2026. The goal is to improve transparency and accountability in Tennessee prisons.

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