If you've ever wanted to see the inside
of a prison without having to stay... here's your chance. The
Department of Correction has added to its Web site a virtual tour of
the DeBerry Special Needs Facility (DSNF) in Nashville.
DeBerry Special Needs
Facility is located approximately ten minutes from downtown Nashville
and is the state's only prison dedicated to housing inmates in need of
continuing and acute medical care. It isn't uncommon to have as
many as 700 inmates staying at the facility at any one time. In
recent years, a growing elderly population in the prison system has
forced the number of inmates housed at this facility to go up.
Get a glimpse of this
unique hospital setting prison and how inmates spend their time behind
bars.
Clinic
The clinic at DSNF serves as a primary care-unit for
outside physicians and staff to examine and treat inmates from across
the state. A monthly provider schedule is established and
inmates are scheduled for initial and follow-up consultations based on
physicians recommendations.
Dental
Clinic
With a full-time dentist and dental assistant, our
dental clinic provides on-site services to inmates who require routine
dental care such as fillings, extractions and denture maintenance.
Health Center
Intake
The Health Center intake area is the receiving unit
for all inmates who come to DSNF for consultative and follow-up care
from all of the state prisons throughout Tennessee. All inmates
are received and processed through this area prior to being assigned a
cell for their stay at DSNF.
Physical
Therapy
Physical therapy space is located on the ground floor
of the health center, approximate to the general clinic area.
Inmates who require therapeutic support after orthopedic procedures,
strokes and other debilitating events can receive therapy if approved
by the physician.
Unit3&4
DSNF has two buildings on-site (3 & 4) which house
the working inmates. These inmates provide a variety of basic
maintenance services and support to the on-going upkeep of the DeBerry
Special Needs Facility. The inmates also work in the kitchen and
laundry area serving the basic needs of the inmates housed at DSNF.
Main
Compound/Yard
DSNF is located at the end of Cockrill Bend Boulevard,
Nashville, Tennessee. It resides on 36 acres, which abuts to the
Cumberland River. All general traffic, deliveries and ambulances
pass through the main sally port. Employees and staff proceed
through central checkpoint located in the general administrative area.
