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Knox County board recommends transferring juvenile detention operations to juvenile court judge
Summary
The Knox County Juvenile Service Center board voted Jan. 13 to recommend that operations move from the executive branch to administration under the juvenile court judge, with an ordinance to be drafted for county commission review and an advisory board to start in July.
The Knox County Juvenile Service Center Board of Directors voted Jan. 13 to recommend that facility operations be placed under the supervision of the juvenile court judge, proposing an effective date of April 1, 2026, and asking the law department to draft a county ordinance for county commission consideration in February and March.
Chair (unnamed in the transcript) told the board the recommendation follows consultations with judges and other counties and aims to align facility management with the juvenile justice mission rather than a sheriff-run model. "I am proposing now that we do not go in that direction... and that we shift to putting this under a juvenile court judge model," the chair said, describing the judicial administrative team as "closest to the mission." The…
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