Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee officials start putting pressure on private prison

Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee officials start putting pressure on private prison

Tim Leeper, the father of a man who was stabbed at CoreCivic's Trousdale Turner prison and later died, testified in front of a legislative committee.. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)It took a riot and multiple indictments, but the chorus of calls is growing to boot the state’s private-prison operator out of a Hartsville correctional center. Republican state Rep. Michael Hale of Smithville, saying in a social media post he is “deeply co…