Claiborne County Jail

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Claiborne County Jail

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| image = Claiborne-County-Jail-tn1.jpg

| caption =

| location= TN 33 at TN 25E, Tazewell, Tennessee

| coordinates = {{coord|36|27|9|N|83|34|8|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Tennessee#USA

| built = {{Start date|1819}}

| architect OR builder =

| architecture = Gable-front

| added = March 21, 2007

| area = less than one acre

| governing_body =

| refnum = 07000175{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Claiborne County Jail in Tazewell, Tennessee, is a historic jail that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The two-story limestone and brick jail was built in 1819. It replaced Claiborne County's first jail, a crude structure built on the same site in 1804. The 1819 jail was used until 1931.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414215451/http://www.tn.gov/environment/hist/pdf/claibornecojail.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Claiborne County Jail |url=http://www.tn.gov/environment/hist/pdf/claibornecojail.pdf |archivedate=April 14, 2009 |publisher=Tennessee Historical Commission |date=September 20, 2006}}

It was listed on the National Register in 2007.

The county's current jail facility is located in New Tazewell. It typically holds between 160 and 180 inmates.{{cite web|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/30/church-provides-baptisms-inmates-Claiborne-jail/ |title=Immersed in recovery: Church ministry provides baptisms to inmates at Claiborne County jail |first=Morgan |last=Simmons |newspaper=Knoxville News Sentinel |date=May 30, 2010}}