Nashville, TN Lois M DeBerry Special Needs Facility View

The Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility (DSNF) provides a number of services for the Department to offenders with multiple and complex medical problems, including acute and convalescent health care, intensive mental health intervention, three skilled nursing units in the Health Center to provide care for offenders recovering from surgery or serious illness, housing for offenders whose treatment regimen is not manageable at other TDOC facilities, inmates with long-term medical needs, and a community hospital to provide inpatient and outpatient care for the offender population in a designated secure area. Other hospitals are also utilized for specialized care not available in the contract hospital. Specialty clinics, short-stay surgeries, individual treatment and diagnostic services, not available in other facilities, are provided to the offenders from all facilities through the utilization of DeBerry Special Needs Facility's Transportation Team, Transient Unit, Health Center, and contract staff at DSNF. Mental health units are provided for offenders with acute mental health needs. The Mental Health Program is designed to stabilize the offender and move him through a process where the offender takes more responsibility for his behavior and mental health. In addition, there are units for the mentally challenged and a sheltered workshop program available to offenders in this unit. An Assisted Living Unit is located at this facility for TDOC offenders who are aged or infirm and unable to care for themselves within a traditional prison population. It is the mission of the DeBerry Special Needs Facility to provide acute, sub-acute, long-term acute, chronic and palliative health care that is high quality, safe, integrative, efficient, cost-effective and ethical, in a safe and secure environment. .

Mailing to Lois M DeBerry Special Needs Facility Inmates and Staff

Inmate Visiting Days and Hours

Day of Week Hours
Monday 5pm-7:30pm
Saturday 8am-3:30pm
Sunday 8am-3:30pm
Holiday 8am-3:30pm

How to Send Money to Lois M DeBerry Special Needs Facility

Family and friends can send money to inmates at Lois M DeBerry Special Needs Facility through approved methods to help them purchase essential items from the commissary.