The contract, provided to Knox News by the sheriff's office, increased the number of people Knox County will hold for U.S.

One theory is Knox County’s jurisdiction expanded, meaning the county has begun accepting detainees from a wider swath of the state. Anecdotally, the county has had new detainees from as far away as ...

Batts died in a hospital after a confrontation with Knox County deputies in their custody. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knox County Regional Forensic Center released a final autopsy report on David Batts ...

The Knox County Sheriff's Office signed a new contract with the U.S. Marshals Service that includes details of how much the ...

According to a news release from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, three people were arrested in Abington after they were allegedly caught in the middle of a burglary. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies ...

Knox County Sheriff’s Office jail staffers working the day former Knoxville Area Transit employee David Batts died after he was detained there will not be charged, attorney Troy Jones confirmed ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As areas across the nation have seen an increasing number of ICE raids recently, Knox County’s detention center has also had an increase in the number of immigration ...

The Knox County jail also acts as a hub to hold ICE detainees who were not arrested on local crimes. KCSO’s numbers show there were 32, 17 and 41 detainees in the jail January through March. But the ...

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 ...