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The privately run Trousdale Turner Correction Center, an hour east of Nashville, has overnight become the epicenter of the state's COVID epidemic, with over a 1200 people testing positive. wsmv.com/news/over-1-200-staff-inmates-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-trousdale-turner-correctional-center/article_568c03d2-8bde-11ea-a447-4b7eaabeb67b.html
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Prison officials are claiming the vast majority of Trousdale inmates are asymptomatic, but much more likely is that systematic medical neglect has led to bad data on symptoms.
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A relative of a prisoner: "He knew a lot of inmates were coughing and sneezing all the time," Vermillion said. She said inmates weren't given masks until three weeks ago. newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/family-members-shocked-by-latest-covid-19-numbers-inside-state-prisons-corecivic-prison-has-most
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Extreme lying from @CoreCivic: "All of the inmates and staff were asymptomatic at the time of testing."
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Trousdale / #CoreCivic's long history of abuse and medical neglect is outlined here: tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/01/17/private-prison-corecivic-history-problems-tennessee/4470277002/