COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — A former inmate is suing Cocke County after he was "savagely and repeatedly beaten" by several other inmates over the course of an hour, a lawsuit states. Steven J.

It’s been nearly four and a half months since Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee and the Cocke County Jail Annex is still closed. “It’s very tough because we just can’t just go upstairs ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. — The second group of 10 Cocke County Jail inmates graduated from a substance abuse program Friday. The Tennessee Jail Chemical Addiction Program is also known as TNJCAP or JCAP.

Warrants were taken out on Messer and he was taken into custody and transferred to the Cocke County Jail. Messer faces charges of statutory rape, forcible rape and aggravated sexual battery by an ...

In 2017, the Cocke County Jail was decertified by the Tennessee Corrections Institute, according to the lawsuit, for gross overcrowding and understaffing and poor living conditions for inmates.

Tennessee Valley Authority spokesperson Scott Brooks said. Approximately 50-60 inmates have been relocated from the Cocke County Jail to the Jefferson County Jail due to the threat of high water ...

The people being housed at the Cocke County Jail had to be evacuated and moved ... jail at the courthouse and various counties in East Tennessee, including the Jefferson County Detention Center.