The number of new immigrants being detained in the Knox County jail has increased dramatically in the past three months, reaching the highest levels since the sheriff's office entered into an ...

Correction: The agency which contracts with the Knox County Sheriff's Office to house inmates from other jurisdictions ... for holding ICE detainees in jail. The agreement allows the county ...

In Scott County and their Detention Center, 16 inmates have been able to receive the treatment, which Jailer Derran Broyles said is the first jail in the country to provide the treatment.

David Batts died Jan. 8 after he was beaten by Knox County jail officers the day before. The 46-year-old Knoxville man was disoriented and acting bizarrely when police first encountered him.

Phillip O’Hara was 40 when he died inside the Laurel County Corrections Center ... on allocating Medicaid dollars for jail and prison inmates. The policy applies to all incarcerated people ...