KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – The Knox County Commission will consider a new ordinance that would place the embattled Richard L. Bean Detention Center under the authority of a juvenile court judge.
“”No one’s beating down the door and saying ‘let me come in and run the Knox County Juvenile Detention Center. The [sheriff] candidates that I’m aware of have said: No, I don’t think so,” said Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin. “I embrace being able to run it.”
Irwin is willing to take on one of Knox County’s least enviable jobs, and after considering all the options, the Knox County Juvenile Services Center Board of Directors is moving forward with a plan that would let him run it.
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“We looked at models across the state and that includes models where the executive branch of the government runs it, where the sheriff runs it, where it’s outsourced to a third party, or where a judicial model makes the most sense,” said Knox County Commissioner Larsen Jay…