NEWS
NEWS STARTS NOW. 4@GET ON THE FLOOR. THAT IS VIDEO OF TWO DOZEN OFFICERS TRYING TO
CONTROL A RIOT4@ AT A PRISON FO
YOUNG MEN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 4@
TONIGHT. OUR 10 INVESTIGATES
TEAM HAS 4@NEW DETAILS ON THE
MORE THAN 50 CALLS. OFFICERS
HAVE RESPONDED TO AT THAT
MOUNTAIN VIEW FACILITY SINCE
2006 TEHRAN THE STATE OWNED
YOUTH 4@PRISON IS JUST THE INSI
DANDRIGE CITY LIMITS. POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS HANDLED MOST OF
THE CALLS FOR ASSAULTS 4@
ATTEMPTED ESCAPES AND RIOTS.
TENNEY REPORTER CALLED 4@HAS NE
BODY CAMERA VIDEO TONIGHT.
NICHOLE IT SHOWS OFFICERS
STRUGGLING TO REGAIN CONTROL
DURING A RIOT LAST NOVEMBER
JOHNROBIN. THIS WAS THE SECOND
RIOT IN 4@4@WE'VE LEARNED THESE
NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS. JUST
LAST THURSDAY LAST THURSDAY
THERE WAS ANOTHER RIOT THAT
TOOK 15 OFFICERS TO GET UNDER
CONTROL. FOUR OFFICERS NEAR THE
YOUTH PRISON. THIS IS BECOMING @
ROUTINE.4@ 4@IN EARLY NOVEMBER
DOZEN OFFICERS 4@FROM EIGHT
AGENCIES INCLUDING THE T.W. ARE
A STRUGGLE TO GET THE YOUNG MEN
UNDER CONTROL. 4@AND PUT THEM
BACK IN THEIR CELLS. 4@IT WAS
ANOTHER RIOT AT THE MOUNTAIN 4@
VIEW ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN IN
DANDRIDGE. WHEN THIS ONE
OFFICERS 4@HAD TO USE A STUN GU
ONLY THREE DAYS EARLIER 4@4@THI
WAS THE DESTRUCTION INSIDE.
AFTER 4@ANOTHER RIOT. THAT'S FO
FROM 4@APPARENTLY STARTED WHEN
THE INMATES WERE UNHAPPY WITH
THE FOOD THEY HAD 4@FOR DINNER
AND STARTED THROWING IT AROUND.
AND JUST LAST WEEK THE INMATES
RIOTED AGAIN WITH WINDOWS
BROKEN 4@AND A 500 DOLLAR
FLATSCREEN TV RUINED 4@IT TOOK
OFFICERS TO GET THEM UNDER
CONTROL BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. A
10 YEAR INVESTIGATION FOUND
SINCE 4@2016 DANDRIGE POLICE WE
CALLED MORE THAN 50 4@TIMES.
OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN REPORTS OF
MORE THAN A DOZEN ASSAULTS ON
STAFF AND ONE FROM MAY 2018 4@A
INMATE HID IN THE SHOWER FOR
HOURS BEFORE SNEAKING UP ON A
GUARD. HE LEANS OVER HER WITH
BOTH HANDS CHOKING AS SHE WAS
STRUGGLING FOR HER LIFE 4@THE
GUARD LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS HER
BODY GOES LIMP AND THE INMATE
STEALS HER KEYS. LAST JULY
ANOTHER ESCAPE ATTEMPT NINE
INMATES CLIMBED ONTO THE ROOF 4@
AS THE OFFICER SPOTTED THEM
CALLED FOR BACKUP. IT GOT WORSE
INMATES CLIMBED ONTO THE ROOF 4@ AS THE OFFICER SPOTTED THEM CALLED FOR BACKUP. IT GOT WORSE@
WITH INMATES FLOODING THE CELLS
YELLING LOUDLY AND KICKING 4@
DOORS. THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
AN INMATE ATTACKED EIGHT 4@STAF
MEMBERS SPIT ON AND BUID A
GUARD AND HIMSELF WITH A LIGHT
FIXTURE. THERE ARE REPORTS OF
RAPE FIGHTS AND EMPLOYEES FIRED
FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE STAT4@
FIXTURE. THERE ARE REPORTS OF RAPE FIGHTS AND EMPLOYEES FIRED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE STAT4@@
OWNS THE FACILITY BUT SINCE MID
2017 IT'S BEEN RUN BY A PRIVATE
COMPANY CALLED TRUECORE. IN A
STATEMENT A TRUECORE
SPOKESPERSON SAID QUOTE THE
INCIDENTS 4@MOUNTAIN VIEW HAVE
PROVEN CHALLENGING AND 4@SEVERA
YOUTH ARE NOW FACING 4@CHARGES
RESULTING FROM THEIR DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR. WE 4@APPRECIATE THE
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT THE SAFETY 4@OF
THE YOUTH AND STAFF AT OUR
FACILITIES AND THE PUBLIC ARE
OUR TOP PRIORITIES 4@DANDRIDGE @
POLICE TELL US THEY'RE
MONITORING TO SEE IF IT GETS
ANY BETTER BUT FOR NOW OFFICERS
CONTINUED TO RESPOND WHENEVER
THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF HAND @
THE STATE DC S COMMISIONER CAME
TO TOUR THE FACILITY BEFORE
THANKSGIVING. SHE TOLD US SHE
TALKED 4@TYREE TRUECORE ABOUT I
PLANS TO INCREASE SECURITY
SINCE THEN 4@ROBIN AND JOHN THE
HAVE BEEN AT LEAST SEVEN
INCIDENTS CLOOM DANDRIDGE
POLICE HAVE HAD TO GET
INVOLVED. CONTINUED USHAVE
BRIEN CALL THANK YOU. 4@NOW IN
THE WB IRR APP YOU CAN FIND
MUCH MORE 4@INFORMATION ABOUT T
APPROXIMATELY 50 CALLS THAT THE
FACILITY SINCE 2016 INCLUDING
ATTACKS ON GUARDS RIOTS 4@AND
ALLEGED SEXUAL CONTACT. YOU CAN
ALSO FIND BODY CAMERA