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Multi-year action plan resulting from collaboration of 11 state agencies

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced a comprehensive, multi-year action plan designed to improve public safety statewide. 

The Governor’s Public Safety Subcabinet Working Group, which includes commissioners and representatives from 11 state agencies, submitted the plan after months of meetings with more than 300 public safety professionals and stakeholders across the state.

WARTBURG - Commissioner Derrick Schofield has announced the appointment of John "Tony" Howerton to the position of Warden at the Morgan County Correctional Complex, effective January 9, 2012.

NASHVILLE - Correctional Professionals from around the world will gather in Nashville next week for the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel Conference (IACTP).  The event will bring more than 60 trainers, training administrators and educators representing all aspects of adult and juvenile justice to Tennessee.

NASHVILLE - Commissioner Derrick Schofield announced today the closure of the Charles Bass Correctional Complex - Annex.  While the decision to close the facility happened quickly, the planning for this contingency has been well underway as part of the agency's top to bottom review.

NASHVILLE - An inmate who escaped from a minimum-security, work release facility is now back in TDOC custody.  Inmate Anthony Walker, 20, escaped around 1:00 a.m. Friday morning by scaling a fence at the Charles Bass Correctional Complex - Annex.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Correction is searching for an inmate who esaped from a minimum-security, work release facility in Nashville this morning.  Anthony Walker, 20, is believed to have scaled a fence at the Charles Bass Correctional Complex - Annex around 1:00 a.m.

NASHVILLE - Commissioner Derrick Schofield and former Tennessee First Lady Andrea Conte will lead the second annual "No More Victims" walk on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the historic Tennessee State Prison.

The TDOC has partnered with "You Have the Power" to host the walk which highlights the victim's rights and the impact of crime on their lives.  Each TDOC correctional facility will host fund raising events with proceeds to be donated to victims' rights organizations.

NASHVILLE - An inmate who escaped from a Nashville work-release facility is back in the Department of Correction custody.  Romeous Lockridge, 28, was arrested by the TDOC agents after he showed up at a North Nashville hospital seeking medical treatment. Lockridge escaped from the Charles Bass Correctional Complex - Annex around 9:00 p.m. Monday night.  He was back in custody less than eight hours later.

NASHVILLE - The Department of Correction will hold a job fair this weekend to address a critical shortage of nurses at a Nashville prison.  Several RN and LPN positions, both full-time and part-time, are available at the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility.  The facility provides acute and convalescent health care, intensive mental health intervention and other services for offenders.

NASHVILLE - An inmate who escaped from a Department of Correction work crew on August 24, 2011 is back in custody.  Jacob Foster, 28, was working with a group of inmates on I-440/I-24 in Davidson County when he ran from correctional officers.