One theory is Knox County’s jurisdiction expanded, meaning the county has begun accepting detainees from a wider swath of the ...

Knox County Sheriff’s Office jail staffers working the day former ... Afterward, Allen released a statement saying Batts' autopsy showed the inmate died of meningitis and that he had the drug ...

Sheriff Tom Spangler released a statement on Tuesday after the increase in population prompted concerns from the Knox County ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Knox County Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage of a man who died after being in custody earlier this month. On Monday, Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler ...

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 deaths of two individuals in a week at the hands of the Knox County Sheriff's highlight systemic issues of police ...

However if an undocumented individual commits a ‘crime’ and goes to jail ... housing ICE inmates who are being transported from one location to another. Tom Spangler, Knox County Sheriff ...

Knox County Sheriff Daniel Weckesser provided the Board of Commissioners with an update on his office during its January 30 meeting.

Two counties in our area are working with the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to help detain illegal immigrants.

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 ...