The Bledsoe County Correctional Complex is a state prison in Pikeville,

Bledsoe County, Tennessee Bledsoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,913. Its county seat is Pikeville. History Bledsoe County was formed in 1807 from land that was formerly Cherokee Nation land as ...

, United States, owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Corrections. The facility opened in 2012 as an intake and diagnostic facility. Bledsoe County houses a mix of inmate security levels. The only access to the $208 million complex of 23 buildings is an entry tunnel, allowing an uninterrupted perimeter fence. Individual pre-cast cells, of 80 square feet, were fully assembled off-site and then stacked by crane. The architects were the

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. Bledsoe County has 3 sites;Site 1 the diagnostic center,site 2,The former Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility built in 1980 that was converted into an 152 bed annex that houses men and site 3,also known as unit 28 which houses approximately 196 female offenders.

Notable inmates

Notable criminals incarcerated at the facility include: *Letalvis Cobbins – convicted of the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and

murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom Channon Gail Christian, aged 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom Jr., aged 23, were from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. They were kidnapped on the evening of January 6, 2007, when Christian's vehicle was carjacked. The couple were taken to a ...

*Travis Reinking – convicted of the Nashville Waffle House shooting *George Geovonni Thomas – convicted of the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and

*William “bill” Casey - former Catholic Priest for diocese of Knoxville convicted for the 1980 aggravated rape of Warren Tucker, Tucker was a minor at the time of the rapes, casey was convicted on November 23rd, 2011 at the age of 77 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison, Casey is currently 90 and not eligible for Parole until 2029, his current release date is December 21st 2037. As of 2021 Casey was denied post conviction relief.

References

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