Hardeman County Correctional Facility is a privately operated prison for men located in Whiteville, Hardeman County, Tennessee.
The facility opened in 1997 and has a capacity of 1,976 medium-security inmates.
[1][2] As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons.
[4] As of 2016 Tennessee technically contracts directly with CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)) for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility.
It is also owned and operated by CoreCivic, opened in 2002, and also houses medium-security prisoners for the state.