The Tennessee Prison for Women (TPFW), located in Nashville, is the primary facility for female felons in the state. TPFW has several missions. It is a reception and classification center for female offenders entering into the TDOC system. The prison also houses inmates in all custody levels, including pre-release participants, work release inmates, and those women sentence to death. The security designation is maximum.
TPFW offers academic courses that include Adult Basic Education, GED and Special Education. Our vocational classes include commercial cleaning, foundations of the hospitality industry - culinary arts, computer applications/computer literacy, fundamentals of greenhouse management, principles of cosmetology, construction (core/carpentry.) TRICOR provides job opportunities through the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) test distribution center, and the TennCare hotline. The YWCA collaborates with the department to operate a 40 bed job readiness/life skills therapeutic transitional program..
TPFW offers a weekend child visitation program which has received national recognition. The program includes grandmothers as well as mothers. TPFW has a dog training program called PPAWS or Prison Puppies Achieving Worthy Service, that is designed to help rehabilitate inmates while teaching them a marketable job skill.
DIRECTIONS:
I-40 to White Bridge Road, Exit #204. Turn right, if coming East or turn left, if coming from West. Go thru 2 traffic lights. Go approximately 5 miles to Highway 12 (Ashland City Highway). Turn right. Go approximately .5 miles. Turn right (you will see the green signs.) Institution is at the end of this road (approximately 1 mile.)
TENNESSEE PRISON FOR WOMEN
(615) 741-1255, ext. 1273 Friday 2 p.m - 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Visitation for General Population Saturday and Sunday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday night 4:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. (for those unable to visit on the weekends) State Holiday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Unit 3 All visits that take place in Unit 3 are limited to two (2) hours Inmates on protective custody, non-contact, safekeeper status and A.S. visit only with approval. Those on safekeeping status or maximum security will only be allowed two visits a month. Close and new admissions follow the same schedule as general population.
Visitation for General Population
Saturday and Sunday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday night 4:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. (for those unable to visit on the weekends) State Holiday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Unit 3
All visits that take place in Unit 3 are limited to two (2) hours
Inmates on protective custody, non-contact, safekeeper status and A.S. visit only with approval.
Those on safekeeping status or maximum security will only be allowed two visits a month.
Close and new admissions follow the same schedule as general population.