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

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

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

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

Richard L. Bean reversed course on the firing under pressure from Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Juvenile Court Judge Tim ...

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

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

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 ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs calls for change after a series of complaints against Superintendent Richard Bean.

The superintendent of Knox County’s juvenile detention center has announced he will be retiring this summer after Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs called him out for firing two employees in ...

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