Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-21-502

(1) “First term inmate” means a state inmate without a prior record of thirty (30) days or more detention upon conviction for a felonious crime at a federal, state or local penal facility in the United States; and

(2) “Second term inmate” means a state inmate with a prior record of thirty (30) days or more with one (1) previous conviction for a felonious crime at a federal, state or local penal facility in the United States.