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Bledsoe County Jail
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Bledsoe County Jail is a county jail located in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. Rated capacity: 96. Reported population: 104. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Bledsoe County Jail is a historic jail in Pikeville, Tennessee. The original building was a brick building with a stone foundation that was completed in 1851. It had a capacity of five prisoners. Renovations made around 1880 included installation of wooden doors, windows, a stairway, and wood floors. The building was expanded with a new stone exterior in 1937.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
96
Current population
104
Occupancy
108%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Tennessee
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 108% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Stevens County Jail / CourthouseColvilleCounty jail259% occupancy
- Gallia County JailGallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
- Noble County JailCaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 108% · peers avg: 93% (+17%)
Capacity (beds)this: 96 · peers avg: 547 (82%)
Data completeness
66%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q16843130)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Bledsoe County Jail. Retrieved September 5, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bledsoe-county-jail
Chicago
"Bledsoe County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed September 5, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bledsoe-county-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-bledsoe-county-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Bledsoe County Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bledsoe-county-jail},
urldate = {2026-09-05}
}