2021 Tennessee Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 41-1-120. Improvement of Penitentiary at Petros

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it is the highest priority that the penitentiary at Petros be improved, renovated or rebuilt as necessary to make the institution suitable for use as a time-building institution to house maximum security inmates, primarily, and also medium security or other inmates. The institution shall be named the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and shall be the primary maximum security prison designed to house the highest security risk inmates in the system.