>>
>> WE
>> WE WILL THEN SEND YOU THE LATEST CONDITIONS ACROSS TENNESSEE TRY TO EARN THEIR
RESPECT.
>> THE KEY IS NOT WHAT I SAVE
OR WHAT I DO.
>> THAT IS THE NEW OPERATOR OF
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW4@ YOUTH PRISON
IN DANDRIGE SINCE NOVEMBER.
>> OUR REPORTS HAVE EXPOSED
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AT THAT
TROUBLED JEFFERSON COUNTY
FACILITY.
WELL NOW 10 NEWS REPORTER KARL
SULLIVAN SHOWS US THE PROGRESS4@
MADE SINCE THE NEW OPERATOR
TOOK OVER THREE MONTHS AGO.
>> AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION IN4@
FEBRUARY, THE STATE OF
>> AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION IN4@ FEBRUARY, THE STATE OF4@ TENNESSEE KICKED OUT.
OPERATOR TRUECORE IT NO LONGER
RUNS MOUNTAIN VIEW OR ANY OTHER
FACILITY IN THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE.
FAST FORWARD TO MAY AND THERE
IS A NEW OPERATOR4@ TONIGHT.
HE SAYS THIS YOUTH PRISON IS
BACK ON TRACK.
THIS WAS THE MESS.
JASON CREWS WALKED INTO WBIR
THREE DAYS OUT LIVESTREAMED
WORKED INSIDE4@ THE DORMANT HARH
AS A STAFF MEMBER TO4@ STEROID
DORM4@S.
>> INMATES ACCUSED OF SMOKING
POT AND WATCHING PORN.
STAFF MEMBERS SAY MOUNTAIN VIEW
WAS4@ OUT OF CONTROL.
THIS VIDEO IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE
TO USE LEARN4@ TO POLICE
RESPONDED MORE THAN 50 TIMES TO
REPORTS OF RIOTS4@, ASSAULTS ON
STAFF AND ATTEMPTED ESCAPES
BECAUSE4@ BRUCE CLEARR
GRANDMOTHER WAS THERE LAND NEAR
STAART RUN AMOK?
>> WE WERE COMPLETELY
OVERPOWERED, OUTNUMBERED AND WE
HAD4@ NO HELP, STAFF TOLD US.
>> THE PRISONERS TEENS
CONVICTED4@ OF CRIMES RANGING
FROM TRUANCY TO RAPE AND MURDER
RAN THE4@ PRISON.
>> I CAN SAY YOU HAVE AN ANSWER@
WAS STAFF KIND OF SOUND AT
TTHEIR M4@ORNING SENT TO THE
HOSPITAL CAME BACK.
THEY SENT HIM RIGHT BACK TO THE
SAME UNIT.
THEY BEAT HIM UP AGAIN AFTER
THIS REPORT.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S
SE4@RVICES ENDED ITS CONTRACT
WITH OPERATOR TRUECORE AND THE
COMMISSIONER CALLED JASON KRUSE
TO TAKE OVER.
>> IT WAS4@ KIND OF AN EMERGENCY
BASIS AS YOU KNOW, TO GET HERE
VERY QUICKLY.
WE SPOKE TO HIM OVER THE PHONE
BECAUSE OF THE CRONOAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
>> I BELIEVE MY PLACE IS
OFEMPLOYEES AND IN FRONT OF THE
KIDS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TEACH4@
SOMETHING FROM A THOUSAND MILES
AWAY.
>> CRUISE SAYS4@ HE SPENDS A FEW
DAYS A WEEK IN DANDRIGE.
HE RUNS TWO OTHER FACILITIES
ONE IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE,
ANOTHER IN NASHVILLE.
4@HIS FOCUS IS ON TEACHING
INDEPENDENT LIVING INMATES IN
MOUNTAIN VIEW4@ NOW WORK MOWING
THE YARD, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> YOU DON'T WANT KIDS TO HAVE
BAD TIME NUEL.
HE HAS BEEN BUSY ALL THE TIME
DOING SOMETHING.
>> HE SAYS THE YOUNG MEN EVEN
REPAINTED AND REPAIRED THE SAME
DORMS THEY TORE APART JUST
MONTHS EARLIER.
ANOTHER BIG CHANGE THE STAFF.
>> WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
STYLES4@ ON THE GROUND.
>> WE SHOWED YOU THIS VIDEO
FROM WHEN TRUECORE4@ WAS IN
CHARGE.
I CAN'T WILHITE SOMEWHERE.
IT A FORMER ASSISTANT FACILITY
ADMINISTRATOR THROWING CRYSTAL4@
HARMON'S SON INTO A WALL.
>> IT'S JUST VERY PAINFUL4@ THAT
ADMINISTRATOR WAS FIRED AND
AFTER OUR STORY HE NOW FACES A
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
CRUZ SAYS HE REPLACED MORE
STAFF WHEN HE TOOK OVER.
WE CHANGED OUT SEVERAL STYLES
AND BROUGHT IN JUST SHEER
NUMBERS.
>> I MEAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
A 70 STOP INCREASE.
>> HOWEVER, 4@THE TRANSITION HAS
HAD PROBLEMS.
>> NO ONE FELT WORSE ABOUT THE
INCIDENT THAN I DID ON A
MOONLIT NIGHT IN MARCH, TWO
DANGEROUS INMATES ESCAPED4@ THE
PRISON UNDER CRUZ WATCH.
>> IT WAS THE FIRST ESCAPE4@ HEE
IN YEARS. 4@
>> I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S MY
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE JEFFERSON4@ COUNTY AND
THE DANDRIGE IS SAFE.
HE SAYS HE'S NOW FIXED A
BUILDING SECURITY FLAW WAS JUST
SUDDENLY INFOIF.
>> UNFORTUNATE BUT UNFORTUNATE
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN
WRECKED.
>> SINCE HE'S TAKEN OVER4@
DANDRIGE POLICE SAY THEY'VE
ONLY BEEN CALLED THAT ONE TIME4@
IN THE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY
RESPONDED 20 TIMES4@.
>> CRUZ HOPES THE CHANGES
INSIDE THE FENCE WILL HELP
STOP.
MOUNTAIN VIEW'S PROBLEMS FROM
EXPLODING OUT INTO THE
COMMUNITY AROUND DOESN'T MEAN
EXPLODING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AROUND DOESN'T MEAN4@ WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS.
>> I CAN PROMISE YOU IN THIS4@ N
THIS LINE OF WORK THERE'S GOING
TO BE ISSUES4@ BUT IT DOES HELP
IF YOU HAVE THE RESPECT.
THE KEY IS NEW RESPECT AND NEW
HOPE AT THE TROUBLED PRISON FOR
YOUNG MEN IN DANDRIGE4@ COL
SULLIVAN 10 NEWS4@ AND ONLINE
RIGHT NOW AT WB IRR DOT COM.
>>4@ YOU CAN SEE INVESTIGATIONS
INTO MOUNTAIN VIEW PLUS WHAT
THE S4@TATE