The current conditions at the Hamblen County jail are so dire that inmates are faced with inadequate clothing and sleeping arrangements while being shackled to walls and door handles, according ...

UPDATE 6:30 PM MONDAY: The second inmate who fled the Hamblen County Jail was back in custody Monday night, according to Hamblen County Sheriff Esco Jarnagin. Jarnagin, in a Facebook post about 6: ...

MORRISTOWN (WATE) – One of the two inmates who escaped from the Hamblen County Jail Saturday night has been caught according to the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department. Officers with the HCSD ...

At the current Hamblen County Jail, Sheriff Chad Mullins said they’ve dealt with overcrowding issues for years. At times, ...

One inmate was apprehended in Knox County, but a search is ongoing for the second escaped inmate. Michael Teal, 30, and Dakota Truslow, 22, escaped through what Hamblen County Sheriff Esco ...

A former Hamblen ... county's custody he was brutally beaten by another inmate. That fact is undisputed," said Garcia's attorney, Lance Baker. "We believe that the county, the sheriff, the jail ...

The Morristown Citizen Tribune is reporting that an inmate at the Hamblen County Jail has filed a class action suit in federal court alleging life at the facility amounts to cruel and unusual ...