'There was no specific threat.'ĭeVine would not specify the agency that requested the alert, citing ongoing investigations. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was 'requested to provide a situational awareness message to law enforcement agencies for general officer safety,' TBI spokesman Josh DeVine told NBC News by email. Gilchrist did not respond to NBC News’ questions about potential gang links in the violence.Īn alert also went out late last week to officials across the state warning law enforcement and correctional officers to be vigilant. Six prisoners and four correctional officers were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Thursday, there were two separate 'inmate-on-inmate assaults' at the prison, Gilchrist said in a statement. Ronald Terry was killed in Memphis on Jan. South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton remains locked down pending an investigation into fights that broke out Thursday evening, according to Amanda Gilchrist, a spokesperson for CoreCivic, the private company that runs the facility.

The restrictions were lifted at some prisons a day later, but others remained locked down as of Saturday. On the day of the shooting, the Tennessee Department of Corrections locked down every prison in the state 'due to information received from external law enforcement partners,' according to a statement.