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Tennessee’s corrections chief said Tuesday that it is “worth looking at” adding video surveillance cameras at residences located at a state prison following a corrections administrator’s killing earlier this year. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Tony Parker answered questions from members of the General Assembly’s Joint Corrections Subcommittee in Nashville. Lawmakers and prison officials also […]

Several months after he escaped from the state penitentiary and allegedly killed a prison administrator, a court found probable cause for a case against Curtis Watson to move forward Wednesday.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. — More than a month after escaping from the state penitentiary and wreaking havoc across West Tennessee, Curtis Watson had his preliminary court hearing Wednesday. Watson is facing four charges, including first-degree murder. Originally scheduled as a preliminary hearing, Wednesday’s session turned into a status hearing for Watson. His assigned public defenders […]

It will be Curtis Watson’s first court appearance in a Lauderdale County court room after a five-day manhunt.

A section of Interstate 440 has been dedicated in the memory of a slain Tennessee corrections official.

Escaped inmate Curtis Ray Watson has been spotted in Henning, Tennessee, the Department of Correction said early Sunday morning.

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Despite a statewide manhunt and plenty of leads, there have been no confirmed sightings of escaped inmate Curtis Watson, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday, as the search continued for a second day.

Loved ones of fallen correctional administrator Debra Johnson will honor her in a visitation and funeral later this week.

Curtis Watson, the escaped inmate who was captured Sunday after a five-day manhunt, broke into a storage trailer overnight Saturday and stole the hunting clothes that he was arrested in, leaving his prison uniform behind, residents told WREG.