Riverbend Maximum Security Institution

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Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Tennessee

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution is located in Nashville Tennessee.  It is a maximum security prison that houses up to 819 adult male inmates.  The majority of inmates at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution are high risk dangerous offenders, and have committed violent crimes.  This facility is comprised of twenty buildings and is home to all of the male death row inmates in the state.  Riverbend also carries out capital punishment executions and houses the lethal injection chamber and electric chair.

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution provides vocational training in commercial cleaning, maintenance, woodworking, computer technologies, and printing.  This institution also participates in TRICOR prison industries and employs offenders in a print shop and data entry operation.  Inmates who do not take part in educational/vocational programs are required to work institutional jobs including custodial work, laundry, and kitchen duty.

Visiting Hours at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution:

Visitation at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution is based on the inmate's unit location.  The facility utilizes the following schedule:

  • Unit 5
    • ​Allowed a maximum of four visitors per visit (excluding children)
      • Saturdays and Holidays from 1pm-4pm
      • Sundays 8am-11am
      • Mondays 5:30pm-8:30pm​
  • Unit 6
    • Allowed a maximum of four visitors per visit (excluding children)
      • Fridays from 5:30pm-8:30pm
      • Saturdays and Holidays from 8am-11am
      • Sundays from 1pm-4pm
  • Unit 1
    • Allowed non-contact visits, one hour per week with up to two visitors (children under 12 years old do not count as a visitor).
    • Pod A
      • Fridays
        • Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
      • Saturdays
        • Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm​
      • ​Holidays 8am-12pm
    • Pod B
      • ​Saturdays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm
      • Mondays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm​
      • ​Holidays 8am-12pm
    • Pod C
      • Fridays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
      • Sundays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm
      • Holidays 12pm-4pm
    • ​Pod D
      • Sundays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm
      • Mondays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
      • ​Holidays 12pm-4pm
         
  • Unit 2 
    • ​Pod A
      • Fridays from 4:30pm-6:30pm
      • Saturdays from 8am-12pm
    • Pod B
      • Fridays from 6:30pm-8:30pm
      • Saturdays from 12pm-4pm
    • Pod C
      • Sundays from 8am-12pm
      • Mondays from 4:30pm-8:30pm
    • Pod D
      • Sundays 12pm-4pm
      • Mondays 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Unit 3
    • ​Pod A​
      • Fridays
        • Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
      • Saturdays
        • Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm​
    • Pod B
      • Fridays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
      • Saturdays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm
    • Pod C
      • Sundays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm
      • Mondays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
    • Pod D
      • Sundays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 8am-10am
          • Odd Cells 10am-12pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 12pm-2pm
          • Odd Cells 2pm-4pm
      • Mondays
        • ​Lower Level
          • Even Cells 4:30pm-5:30pm
          • Odd Cells 5:30pm-6:30pm
        • Upper Level
          • Even Cells 6:30pm-7:30pm
          • Odd Cells 7:30pm-8:30pm
  • Unit 4
    • ​Pod A
      • ​Fridays 4:30pm-6:30pm
      • Saturdays 1pm-4pm
    • Pod B
      • Fridays 6:30pm-8:30pm
      • Saturdays 1pm-4pm
    • Pod C
      • Sundays 8am-11am
      • Mondays 4:30pm-6:30pm
    • Pod D
      • Sundays 1pm-4pm
      • Mondays 6:30pm-8:30pm

For more information on visiting an inmate at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution read the visitors guide here.

Physical Address:

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
7475 Cockrill Bend Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0471

Telephone:

(615)-350-3100

Inmate Mailing Address:

Inmate Name, ID Number
​Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
7475 Cockrill Bend Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37209-1048