On Saturday, a juvenile detention officer was brutally attacked inside the Smith County Juvenile Detention Center— now, ...

Knox County leaders pushed back against the notion the teens inside its juvenile detention facility aren't safe, ...

Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler volunteered to run the troubled Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center. But he's only ...

Some 1,040 youth were enrolled in Passages Academy, the education program for students charged or found responsible for a ...

Policy makers are scrambling to implement fixes at Oklahoma's lone detention center for children after word spread of dangerous conditions for kids and staff members. Rep. Danny Sterling (R-Tecumseh) ...

Trump has suggested he’s made a decision on Venezuela military operations. Here’s what we know ‘Pawn Stars’ host Rick ...

Without safety, rehabilitation suffers. That’s why official assurances about the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center ...

A man and three children were hit by a driver that fled the scene at Southeast 136th Avenue and Southeast 7th Avenue; the man ...

Knox County leaders say the juvenile detention facility has made progress in recent months, even as questions continue ...

The superintendent of one of the country’s largest juvenile jails is resigning Dec. 1 after a decade-long tenure marked by ...

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