Trousdale Turner Correctional Center has a new warden — the eighth to lead the state’s largest notoriously dangerous prison in the nine years since it opened, and the third this year.

Private prison operator CoreCivic announced Sept. 6 the appointment of Allen Beard Jr. as senior warden. Beard replaces Guy Bosch, who was named warden in April after then-warden Vince Vantell was placed on administrative leave and soon resigned. Though no reason was given for Vantell’s resignation, he has faced numerous lawsuits alleging a failure to address violence in the prison and homophobia and racism toward his co-workers. Bosch will assume a leadership role at CoreCivic headquarters, according to a release from the company.

Beard is a U.S. Air Force veteran and former director of the security thre

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