CRAWFORD COUNTY — A former guard at a juvenile detention center in Crawford County sentenced for sexually assaulting a minor under her care. Jennifer Palmer was sentenced to a minimum of 4 to 15 ...

Retired Knox County Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Brian Bivens took over leading the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center on July 1 and has started modernizing the troubled facility.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The new board of directors overseeing Knox County’s juvenile detention center held its first public meeting Thursday since being appointed last month.

She told Knox News she has represented teens in the past but has no experience in youth detention facilities like the Bean Center, which holds kids and teens ages 12-17 who have been accused or ...