(WBIR) - A former Knox County corrections officer faces charges of official oppression and simple assault in connection with the beating of a Knox County jail inmate in November, according to the ...

KNOX COUNTY — The Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility in Knox County is over capacity by more than 115 people as the Knox County Sheriff's Office faces challenges stemming from the overcrowding. The ...

Harold Wayne Nichols is to be executed Dec. 11. He's asked Gov. Bill Lee to commute his sentence to life without the ...

ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - The Knox County Jail may no longer hold inmates long term starting in 2026. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says the jail is likely to partner with Two Bridges Regional Jail ...

A former Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy died over the weekend as an inmate in the Union County jail. Benjamin Hibbert, 52, died Sept. 6, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting an ...

KNOX COUNTY — After touring the Knox County jail with Sheriff Tom Spangler, county commissioners who were present at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility Wednesday reacted to the sheriff's desire to ...