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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Batts died at 11:25 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which was close to a full day after he was transported from the jail to the hospital, according to Knox County ...

Crump's presence brings an extra layer of scrutiny and publicity to his death, which happened after a short stay at the jail. The Batts family met with Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen ...

(WATE) — As areas across the nation have seen an increasing number of ICE raids recently, Knox County’s detention ... commits a ‘crime’ and goes to jail, ICE will then investigate his ...

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