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    • General Info
      • About PCSO
      • About our Sheriff
      • Past Sheriff's
      • Employment Opportunities
      • PCSO Directory
      • Contact
    • Training Center
      • Range / Classroom
      • Reality Based Simulator
    • Departments
      • Field Operations
      • Corrections
      • Special Operations
      • School Resource Officers
      • Criminal Investigations
    • Administration
      • About Admin
      • Command Staff
      • Records
      • Human Resources
      • Accreditation
    • Public Relations
      • Public Relations Overview
      • Newsroom
      • Useful Links
      • Get Involved
      • Most Wanted
      • Tip Line
  • Home
  • General Info
    • About PCSO
    • About our Sheriff
    • Past Sheriff's
    • Employment Opportunities
    • PCSO Directory
    • Contact
  • Training Center
    • Range / Classroom
    • Reality Based Simulator
  • Departments
    • Field Operations
    • Corrections
    • Special Operations
    • School Resource Officers
    • Criminal Investigations
  • Administration
    • About Admin
    • Command Staff
    • Records
    • Human Resources
    • Accreditation
  • Public Relations
    • Public Relations Overview
    • Newsroom
    • Useful Links
    • Get Involved
    • Most Wanted
    • Tip Line

Corrections

Putnam County Jail 

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Jail Administration

Jail Administrator

ASST. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR

ASST. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR

Major Tim Nash  

Office: (931) 528-8484 ext:3276 

ASST. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR

ASST. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR

ASST. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR

Capt. Phil Arms

Office: (931) 528-8484 ext:3255  

OPERATIONS CAPTAIN

ASST. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR

TRAINING COORDINATOR

Capt. Tony Whiteaker 

Office: (931) 528-8484

TRAINING COORDINATOR

TRANSPORTATION LIEUTENANT

TRAINING COORDINATOR

 Sgt. Misty Thurman

 Office: (931) 528-8484 ext:3253 

Shift Lieutenant

TRANSPORTATION LIEUTENANT

TRANSPORTATION LIEUTENANT

Lt. Dusty Clouse

Lt. Curt Vokoun

Lt. Kourtney Wilson

Lt. Nathan Harvey

 Office: (931) 528-8484 ext:3254  

TRANSPORTATION LIEUTENANT

TRANSPORTATION LIEUTENANT

TRANSPORTATION LIEUTENANT

Lt. Donnie Tayes

Office: (931) 528-8484

PREA COORDINATOR

ACCREDITATION AND PROGRAMS

ACCREDITATION AND PROGRAMS

Lt. Tabitha Whittaker

Office: (931) 528-8484 ext:3242

ACCREDITATION AND PROGRAMS

ACCREDITATION AND PROGRAMS

ACCREDITATION AND PROGRAMS

Lt. Matt Stinnett

 Office: (931) 528-8484

MORE ABOUT CORRECTIONS

Adult Corrections

General Information

General Information

 The Putnam County Justice Center, opened in 1993, is a 133,795 square-foot facility that incorporates the Courthouse, Sheriff’s Office, and Putnam County Jail. The Jail has a capacity of 500 beds for both male and female inmates, which includes approximately 32 female beds. Currently, we are housing both sentenced and pretrial inmates who were arrested by local and state authorities. The inmate population averages 400 with additional female inmates housed in other counties. The jail population is managed through indirect supervision.   

General Information

General Information

General Information

The Putnam County Jail, under the direction of Major Tim Nash, Jail Administrator, and Capt. Phil Arms, Assistant Jail Administrator, has a total of 114 corrections and workhouse deputies. It houses an average of 100 state inmates and the remainder of the population is pretrial and sentenced county inmates. These include but are not limited to persons arrested in Putnam County, including the City of Cookeville. In addition, those persons arrested by the Algood Police Department, Baxter Police Department, Monterey Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency within Putnam County are brought to the Putnam County Jail for processing. 


 The revenue generated by inmates comes from state inmates, housing juvenile offenders, inmate phone system, and facility commissary sales, and medical co-pay system, which help offset the budget.

Inmate Verification

Inmate Verification

Inmate Verification

Corrections Officers fingerprint ALL persons arrested and processed at the Putnam County Jail. Currently, we use a LiveScan Fingerprint system which produces forensic-quality fingerprint records by electronically scanning and capturing live fingerprints. Traditional ink fingerprinting methods are subject to smudging, smearing, and over or under inking during the rolling process. The LiveScan system consistently produces clear, classifiable fingerprints that are of higher quality than inked prints. 

Jail Programs

Inmate Verification

Inmate Verification

The Putnam County Jail has various programs that we are immensely proud of and will continue to the best of our ability. They are as follows:

  • Trustees Program – Male and Female Work Crews
  • GED Program
  • God’s Jail Ministry – a faith-based group comprised of members of local area churches.
  • Celebrate Recovery – teaches life skills; how to cope outside of jail.
  • Alcoholic Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous Treatment programs
  • Parenting Classes through Tennessee Voices for Children

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Juvenile Corrections

The Juvenile Detention Center, commanded by Lieutenant Casey Flatt, has a total of 12 corrections officers working in shifts and 22 beds for 16 male and 6 female inmates. The center houses both status and delinquent inmates under the age of 18 arrested by local and state authorities. The average number of inmates is 16, making officer to inmate ratio 1:5. This is handled with indirect supervision and is considered a minimum-security facility.

Contact Juvenile

Putnam County Justice Center, 421 E Spring St, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501, United States

Lt. Casey Flatt cflatt@putnamcountytnsheriff.gov Phone (931) 528-8681 Fax (931) 526-8343 25 North Washington Ave Cookeville, TN 38501

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01:00 pm – 06:00 pm

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PREA

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ACCREDITATION

Like all law enforcement agencies in Tennessee, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office is required to commit and provide to the citizens a law enforcement agency that delivers the highest quality of professional services to its community. To receive accreditation, the Putnam County Jail must meet certain nationally recognized standards. 


Many new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and programs have been developed and are in the process of being implemented. The purpose of accreditation is to improve the professionalism of the department and to publicly demonstrate proficiency in our profession. The Putnam County Jail accreditation was achieved on June 7, 2023.  


Putnam County Jail is accredited by the Tennessee Corrections Institute 

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421 East Spring Street, Cookeville, TN, USA

Putnam County Sheriff's Office

421 East Spring Street, Cookeville, TN, USA

Phone: (931) 528-8484

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