Former director says Knox County juvenile center is ‘not safe, nor is it secure’

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center is “not safe, nor is it secure,” according to Brian Bivens, the center’s former ...

Ex-teacher sentenced for sexually abusing student in juvenile detention

A former Kentucky teacher was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing a student at a juvenile detention ...

Lack of record keeping, needed security upgrades, leadership uncertainty headline Knox County Juvenile Services board meeting

There is much work to be done” is how Knox County Chief Operating Officer Dwight Van De Vate described the situation at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Facility during Thursday’s meeting of the ...

Interim chief of Knox County's juvenile center abruptly quits; commissioners were poised to extend interim position

Brian Bivens, a former KCSO administrator, started July 1. He took over for longtime center leader Richard Bean, who left ...

Youth counselor took $70K in bribes to sneak drugs, blades into NYC juvenile detention facility: investigators

Lymek Frazier, 33, is charged with taking more than $70,000 in bribes to sneak contraband into a Brooklyn juvenile detention facility.