The chain of events laid bare the longstanding problems at the facility under Bean's 53 years of leadership. Some ...

Richard Bean, chief of Knox County's juvenile detention center, announced his resignation May 30 under pressure for how he ...

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center has been under scrutiny following reports that two employees were fired after ...

Investigators with the state's watchdog agency conducted interviews at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center on April ...

Richard L. Bean has retired from his position as the director of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, according to ...

Earlier this week, two Richard L. Bean detention center employees allegedly faced retaliation for alerting state ...

Bean said he was "dismayed and disappointed by the rush to judgment" by county leaders as a result of a "personnel decision" ...

We are learning more about the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center in Knox County. It has been almost one week since ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs demanded the county commission wrest control of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention center ...

How whistleblowers initiated changes that a damning 2003 report did not. It ended in Richard Bean's retirement.

Richard Bean, superintendent of Knox County's juvenile detention center, announced May 30 his retirement. Bean said his decision was accelerated by the lack of confidence expressed in his ...

Last week, a whistleblower upended half a century of leadership at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center. The juvenile detention center was built in 1930 and is guided by an independent ...