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	Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary now renamed Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex (also called Brushy) is a large prison near the town of Petros, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction.
		The prison was founded as a result of the aftermath of the "Coal Creek War," an 1891 lockout of coal miners that took place in Coal Creek and Briceville, Tennessee, after miners protested the use of unpaid convict labor in the mines.
		This labor conflict was eventually resolved in favor of the coal miners with a bill passing the Tennessee state legislature to abolish the convict labor system, to be replaced by a modern penitentiary system of which Brushy Mountain was the first to be constructed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison (227 words)

	TN Encyclopedia: TENNESSEE PRISON SYSTEM
		Section 32 of the Tennessee Constitution states that "the erection of safe and comfortable prisons, the inspection of prisons, and the humane treatment of prisoners, shall be provided for." In 1796 the legislature passed three separate acts to establish courthouses, jails, and stocks in three separate counties of the state.
		In 1819 Governor Joseph McMinn suggested that a loan be made from the State Bank to fund the construction of a prison, but it was not until 1829 that the legislature passed a law to build one in Nashville.
		In 1898 it was replaced by the "modern" Tennessee State Prison, located in the Cockrill Bend area of Davidson County.
	tennesseeencyclopedia.net /imagegallery.php?EntryID=T053 (1128 words)

	The Daily Beacon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The plan calls for the prison to be built in an area already home to the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility as well as Brushy Mountain, which was built in 1896, about 45 miles west of Knoxville.
		He escaped the prison for 54 hours in 1977 after scaling a wall using a makeshift pipe ladder, but was tracked down by hunting dogs and recaptured hiding under leaves in nearby woods.
		A new 1,500-bed state prison was authorized by the Legislature in 1996 but has been in limbo ever since as state government officials debated a location and other specifics.
	dailybeacon.utk.edu /printarticle.php?articleid=43724 (562 words)

	Brushy Mountain State Prison info here at en.20of100c.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary momentarily renamed Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex (also whooped Brushy) is a gigantic prison adjoining the boondocks of Petros, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction.
		Among the max influential inmates at Brushy Mountain was James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.
		The prison was founded as a outcropping of the aftermath of the "Coal Creek War," an 1891 lockout of coal miners that took earnestness in Coal Creek & Briceville, Tennessee, after miners protested the usability of unpaid convict donkeywork in the mines.
	en.20of100c.info /Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison (386 words)

	107-year-old Brushy prison to be replaced - Tuesday, 09/30/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The state is closing century-old Brushy Mountain State Prison in Morgan County and will build a $90.3 million, 1,428-bed facility on the same grounds, Gov. Phil Bredesen said yesterday.
		The new prison will be built in an area already home to the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility as well as Brushy Mountain, which was built in 1896, about 45 miles west of Knoxville.
		A new 1,500-bed state prison was authorized by the legislature in 1996 but has been in limbo ever since as state government officials debated a location and specifics.
	www.tennessean.com /local/archives/03/09/40155739.shtml?Element_ID=40155739 (577 words)

	WCHS - Community - Information - Brushy Mountain
		Brushy Mountain State Prison was built in 1896 and is still in operation today.
		Hundreds of prisoners have been through the system at Brushy (as it is known to the residents of Morgan County).
		Brushy Mountain State Prision is one of the main employers in the area.
	wchs.k12tn.net /community/information/mccommunities/brushymountain.html (265 words)

	NEMBA Destination Finder
		The mountains were rich in natural resources and after the Civil War, land speculators and northern industrialist began buying land for its valuable timber and coal reserves.
		In 1894, the state acquired a large area in Morgan County as a location for the Brushy Mountain State Prison.
		In the fall of 1952 the entire state forest was burned by the worst forest fire season in state history.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /nemba/destination_description/1383.html (371 words)

	Prison in East State would save money, officials say - Saturday, 09/06/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		That scenario envisions closing Brushy Mountain state prison in Morgan County, where inmates once were sent into coal mines to work, and building the new prison about nine miles away.
		If the Morgan County site were chosen, Brushy Mountain inmates and staff would move into the new facility, saving the cost of maintaining a prison that is more than 100 years old.
		State Rep. Mike Turner, D-Nashville, said he was concerned that Brushy Mountain correctional officers would lose their jobs when that facility is closed, but White said that was not the case.
	www.tennessean.com /government/archives/03/09/38879633.shtml (555 words)

	Building Time at Brushy
		Former Warden of Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee, Stonney Ray Lane, shares his experiences while serving as warden of Tennessee's toughest prison in the 1970's.
		On April 4, 1968 I was leaving Brushy Mountain Penitentiary after a full day of teaching and counseling at the medium security institution.
		I was the first person hired at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary to establish and operate any type of rehabilitation program in that prison.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~15220.aspx (4262 words)

	Corpus Christi Online - / Escapes rare, not impossible
		States differ in their methods of reporting escapes, and some states' numbers may be higher because they include bail jumpers, parolees and those returning late from work assignments, officials said.
		Prison officials have suspended the work program, which included more freedom such as going to prison recreation areas, while they investigate whether the program had a role in Gurule's escape.
		Prisons have gotten better at identifying high-risk prisoners, Wright said, and most maximum security prisons are surrounded by double fencing, razor wire and electronic devices.
	www.caller2.com /autoconv/newslocal98/newslocal514.html (1015 words)

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		Last Updated: 2/10/2004 12:00:00 PM The state will expand a prison in Morgan County to accommodate Tennessee's growing inmate population instead of building a separate facility on the same grounds as originally planned, officials told lawmakers Monday.
		Buck estimated the project -- expected to be complete by summer 2007 -- would more than double to 2,441 the prison's current inmate capacity at a cost $102.5 million and result in a net gain of 840 new beds.
		The prison selection process began more than four years ago with the Legislature's approval of a new $69 million penitentiary.
	www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=16723 (619 words)

	TN Encyclopedia: FROZEN HEAD STATE NATURAL AREA
		Located in Morgan County, Frozen Head State Natural Area is one of Tennessee's largest state parks, with over eleven thousand acres of beautiful, rugged land.
		Its history began in 1893 when the state acquired over eleven thousand acres for the construction of the remote Brushy Mountain State Prison, where inmates would mine coal.
		The park is centered around Frozen Head Mountain (elevation 3,324 ft.), the second highest mountain between the Great Smokies and the Black Hills of the Dakotas.
	tennesseeencyclopedia.net /imagegallery.php?EntryID=F078 (241 words)

	Prison Talk - Inmates do have a heart!!
		A fund for her was set up by the Sherriffs Dept. I was watching the news this evening and they reported that inmates from Brushy Mountain State Prison were sending money to this fund.
		If she needs medical care the state won't cover, the donations will, as long as a judge okays it.
		State workers who visit Haley say she is a bundle of joy who has as many toys as she needs for now.
	www.prisontalk.com /forums/printthread.php?t=70707 (689 words)

	NASHVILLE SKYLINE
		More than 30 years after Johnny Cash's landmark Folsom Prison live album, recording artist Mark Collie has joined forces with country producer and MCA Records president Tony Brown, and pop/rock/blues producer David Z, to put together and document a live concert at Tennessee's Brushy Mountain State Prison.
		Brushy Mountain is one of the oldest and most foreboding penal institutions in the U.S. and is surrounded by thousands of square miles of dense forest and craggy mountains.
		Collie says that, while the Brushy Mountain concert project has no political or social agenda, he hopes it may offer some inspiration to a few inmates.
	mixonline.com /mag/audio_nashville_skyline_10 (806 words)

	Gomemphis.com :: Commercial Appeal
		Ray served nearly all his prison sentence in the isolated Brushy Mountain State Prison in the Cumberland Mountains near Petros, Tenn. He tried several times to escape, finally succeeding in 1977, when he and five other prisoners went over a wall using a makeshift ladder while a mock fight distracted guards.
		Ray was stabbed more than 20 times by four inmates at Brushy Mountain Prison in 1981, and he may have developed hepatitis from a blood transfusion, said Fung, chief of transplantation surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
		State law authorizes autopsies for inmates who die in state custody.
	www.newgomemphis.com /newgo/mlk/ray/24ray.shtml (2995 words)

	2 Killed and 2 Injured At Prison in Tennessee - New York Times
		A white inmate at Brushy Mountain State Prison shot two fl prisoners to death and wounded two others tonight while forcing four guards held hostage to watch, the authorities said.
		The injured prisoners were taken to a hospital in Oak Ridge in stable condition.
		Neither the guards nor the prisoners were immediately identified.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DD123BF93AA35751C0A964948260 (161 words)

	Tennessee History June 8 - 14 - Joelton.com - Joelton, Tennessee
		In August, Tennesseans ratified the Confederate Constitution becoming the last state to join the South in the long and bitter struggle that would leave its imprint on the land and its people for generations to come.
		when seven prisoners, including Ray, used a ladder they had crafted from broken pipe to scale the wall of the prison and make their way into what Newsweek magazine called the "copperhead and rattlesnake infested woods" surrounding the the maximum security facility.
		A guard slightly injured one prisoner with rifle fire during the escape.
	www.joelton.com /tennessee/jun8-14.htm (504 words)

	Ghosts & Spirits - Coal Creek
		The Coal Creek Mining and Manufacturing Co. kept everyone in Briceville employed, until prisoners were sent to work in the mines.
		After this, the state militia was sent in to stop the revolt, leading to some skirmishes between the militia and the miners.
		In 1898, Brushy Mountain State Prison was established in nearby Morgan County.
	www.johnnorrisbrown.com /paranormal-tn/coal-creek/index.htm (316 words)

	June 10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1801 - Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing tribute.
		1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
		1977 - James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/June_10 (1152 words)

	8/9/2005 - Inmate's Wife Kills Guard, Pair Escape, In Roane County - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com
		Authorities said officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan was shot in the stomach while he was escorting a state inmate and the prisoner's wife opened fire with a shotgun and killed the officer.
		The prisoner was identified as George Hyatte, 34, and his wife as Jennifer Hyatte, 31.
		Officials said Jennifer Hyatte is a former prison nurse who was fired from a job at a jail in Tiptonville because of her relationship with Hyatte.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_70614.asp (443 words)

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		Dick states in his application for pension that he was in the battles of Morristown, TN, Bulls Gap, TN, Strawberry Plains, TN, and Marion, Virginia.
		Although he was not the last, (there were two younger men who died after him) he still continued to stand for what he believed in.
		After the war McCarty went to Texas for a few years, then returned to Rogersville whre he was City Marshall and also was a guard for a long time at the Brushy Mountain state prison.
	www.angelfire.com /tn/hawkinscocivilwar/last.html (1236 words)

	Big South Fork Region
		The museum is located in the front of the century old prison.
		Brushy Mountain Prison was built with stones mined on the property and has an underground creek flowing beneath the prison.
		The hotel was named Babahatchie which was the river's name and meant "babbling waters." The town prospered for years after the turn of the century.
	www.trailsrus.com /bigsouthforkregion/morgan.html (716 words)

	Assault victims suing church, ex-youth pastor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The lawsuit stems from the actions of Curtis Hudson, who in 2002 was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of "attempt to commit child rape" and "sexual battery by an authority figure," involving male youth under his care.
		The civil suit, filed in Madison County Circuit Court on Sept. 26, asks for an unspecified amount in damages for the plaintiffs, who the lawsuit contends are suffering "psychological distress" and other emotional trauma stemming from incidents of "harmful sexual conduct" while at the church or attending church functions.
		Court documents state that Hudson's "sexual abuse and rape (of the defendants)" occurred in various places, including the church classrooms, the youth area, various lodging houses at events sponsored by the church and at Hudson's home.
	www.rickross.com /reference/clergy/clergy443.html (433 words)

	List of Tennessee state prisons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of state prisons in Tennessee.
		It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Tennessee.
		This page was last modified 04:13, 15 March 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Tennessee_state_prisons (66 words)

	Tennessee Birding - Frozen Head
		Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area is a 12,000 acre in the Cumberland Mountains in Morgan County.
		The highest point, 3,324 foot Frozen Head Mountain, is one of the highest peaks in the Tennessee Cumberlands.
		A few territorial Winter Wrens were present during the 1990s on the upper north slope of Frozen Head Mountain near the upper end of the North Mac Trail and between Tubb Springs Gap and the Spicewood Branch Trail.
	www.tnbirds.org /birdfinding/FrozenHead.htm (973 words)

	James Earl Ray
		Discharged from the military for "ineptness and lack of adaptability".
		Said he didn't want to be buried or have his final resting place be in the United States, because of "the way the government has treated him".
		Escaped from Prison 10-Jun-1977 (Brushy Mountain, recaptured 13-Jun)
	www.nndb.com /people/682/000034580 (160 words)

	tennessee state prison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		That is the first order of business." Campbell comes to the state from Tennessee, where he served as prison commissioner for the past eight years.
		The governor tried to temper hopes by some in Weakley County that a new prison might be coming to West Tennessee.
		State Prison Incarceration Rates per 100, 000 Residents...
	www.tennessee-bookmarks.com /tennessee_state_prison.html (447 words)

	James Earl Ray: Timeline - CBS News
		May 24, 1997: Prison officials reject Ray's request to be evaluated at a Pittsburgh hospital as a liver transplant recipient.
		June 9, 1997: Davidson County Chancellor Irvin Kilcrease rules that state law does not permit Ray to be sent out of state to be evaluated for a liver transplant.
		April 23, 1998: James Earl Ray dies of cirrhosis of the liver at age 70 in a Nashville prison facility.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/04/23/national/printable7878.shtml (768 words)

	Knox County Sheriff's Office History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Knox County was established in June 1792 in the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio and Houston was commissioned Sheriff by Governor William Blount.
		In addition to County and State offices, he served the United States Government as Paymaster of the troops stationed in East Tennessee.
		Kreis was a member of the state legislature from Knox County for two terms, beginning in 1914.
	www.knoxsheriff.org /about/history2.php (3813 words)

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