Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41.

HB 1144 sets a safety standard for private correctional facilities in Tennessee. If an inmate death rate at a privately operated facility (or a county facility contracted to house state inmates) is twice that of a comparable state-run facility, the Department of Correction must reduce the facility's population by 10%. This applies to facilities operating under contracts with the state or county, directly affecting private prison operators and county correctional systems. The bill amends Tennessee Codes Title 8, 12, 40, and 41 to implement this requirement.