Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler appeared on Tennessee This Week to discuss a variety of topics including the impending takeover of the county's juvenile detention center and sheriff's office ...

KCSO is set to take over the juvenile detention center months after the death of an adult inmate at the Knox County jail. The man was beaten by jail staffers who did not recognize he was suffering ...

This would have cost the county around $211,400 for a total loss of $39,260. In May, KCSO billed ICE $134,406 which would equal 1,179 days at the contract rate.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County commissioners decided the future of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center Monday evening, after whistleblower reports set off an overhaul of the facility ...