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 ...

According to a news release from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, three people were arrested in Abington after they were ...

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

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — We’ve been keeping an eye on the number of ICE detainees inside the Knox County Jail, the number of detainees who were arrested locally and released to ICE, and the number ...

The Knox County Sheriff's Office has a new contract that doubles the amount of space that can be used to hold ICE detainees. The new contract takes effect as the jail has begun holding a record ...

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 ...