NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Some state and local leaders are pushing for Tennessee to take control of the Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility, currently managed by the private company, CoreCivic, following a riot where inmates held correctional officers hostage, set fires, and tried to destroy surveillance cameras, according to officials.

Trousdale County Sheriff Ray Russell told News 2 the call about the riot came down around 10 p.m. Sunday, after an individual inside the prison contacted 911. An estimated few hundred inmates were able to break out of their cells, take over the control room, go out to the prison yard, start trash fires, and hold three correctional officers hostage.

Multiple staff members were sent to the hospital, including one who was stripped of his clothing during t

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