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.

Summary

The bill requires every correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to wear a body camera that records whenever they are on duty and interacting with, or likely to interact with, an inmate. It also directs the Department of Correction to examine the cost of providing body cameras to all correctional staff and prison‑contractor employees in adult facilities that meet specific location and population criteria, and to report the findings by July 1, 2026. The measure aims to improve transparency and accountability in Tennessee’s prisons.

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