He wasnt even allowed to text them. Inmate Phone AccountList of Phone Numbers Inmate CommissaryWarrants & RecordsInmate Video VisitationSubmit a TipJail MailCrime MapMonthly Crime MapCareersFAQ, Lobby Hours: 8:00AM to 10PM Garrett knew the police had been sent to arrest some children, although exactly which children, it would turn out, was unclear to everyone, even to these officers. Rutherford County Adult Detention Center is a 956-bed correctional facility. Or youre following your dad like youre on a leash. He couldnt see friends. If they have a pending order, they will have five business days to pick up any items owed which can be retrieved in the Visitation lobby. From there you can arrange a visit, send money, help them set up a phone account and help get them commissary. Pants shall be pulled up, and if a child shows up without a belt, the judge keeps a bag of them, and if she runs out, youll just have to make do with a piece of rope, one newspaper profile said. Duke declined our request for an interview, writing in an email, I appreciate your interest in Rutherford County and its youth, but decline to participate at this time. Elsewhere she has consistently expressed pride in her operation, saying Rutherford County has the best juvenile detention center in the state of Tennessee.. She once left a loaded pistol on the seat of a patrol car, according to her personnel file. After five business days, the items will be donated. The hardest part, he wrote, was when jailers would cover his cells window with a board. When the parent asked why this was happening, Miles had been unable to say. Defendants included the city of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County and various police officers. So for more than two months he was either at home or at school. He had a passion for the outdoors and enjoyed experiencing the beauty of nature. The officer not saying anything was Albert Miles III. They wanted kids to feel safe at school. Appraises and assesses business personal property (furniture, fixtures, machinery and equipment) Responds to requests for public information Reappraisal and Property Values Rutherford County performs a state mandated reappraisal every 4 years in order to bring property values to current market values. She wanted to increase her budget by 23%. Garrett told the police that one girl had diabetes and got treatment when she arrived home after school. remembers C.C. Type in your inmate's last name or theirInmate ID. Any website our stories appear on must include a prominent and effective way to contact you. Yes. Garrett rounded up the sixth grader, a tall girl with braids who had visions of becoming a police officer; one of the fourth graders, the girl with diabetes; and the 8-year-old third grader. #Other Its not a job. Yet theyre still in charge. The four who were locked up spent twice as many days in jail, collectively, as Templeton did on suspension. She was sisters with the sixth grader; her initials were C.C. If you are still unable to find the inmate you are seeking, call the jail at 828-287-6160. She retired in 2019 and, according to her LinkedIn profile, is now a life coach and member of Mary Kay, a multilevel marketing company that sells cosmetics. You can search for arrested persons you might know, and even get notified if someone you know gets arrested. Officers arrested and handcuffed both children, even as the girl cried and begged to stay with her mother, and the mother pleaded with police not to use handcuffs. They had lifted a radio, a hat, a phone case and cologne. In the class-action lawsuit, one of the lead plaintiffs is Dylan Geerts. There were no weapons involved. BRADLEY RYAN RUTHERFORD was arrested in Yamhill County, OR on July 25, 2018 for . She didnt want to go out to the line of buses and let all those kids see her like that. The child must fit one of six categories, precisely defined. The lawyers gathered large samples of arrest and detention records from an 11-year period, ending in December 2017. Parents dont parent: Its just the worst Ive ever seen, she said in 2017. Ive locked up one 7-year-old in 13 years, and that was a heartbreak, she said in 2012. Thank you. Quinterrius recounted his time in solitary in a court document. Your donation today will help us ensure that we can continue this critical work. Inmates in Rutherford County Detention Center, if they don't already, will soon have their own personal tablets for watching movies, TV shows, access to educational and and legal information, and more. At minimum you will need a first and last name. You cant use our work to populate a website designed to improve rankings on search engines or solely to gain revenue from network-based advertisements. With juveniles, police in Tennessee typically avoid cuffs and custody, particularly in less serious cases. E.J. Level 8 was indefinite. Duke reports to Davenport, but does not consult her daily. Miles brought in the last two girls, the two fourth graders. #Trespassing Inmates in the Rutherford County Detention Center are fed three meals a day totaling 2,500 calories, are allowed access to phones to contact friends and family members, are allowed at least one hour a day for exercise, have access to books, bathroom and shower facilities. My case is the video and the list, she would say later, even though she couldnt match any bystander to any image in the video. The facility houses pretrial male and female inmates as well as sentenced prisoners in a double cell environment. Her initials were E.J. But they hadnt come for the boys who threw punches. Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. Me and him were like fuel to each others fire, Dylan says. Rutherford County also faced the class action accusing it of illegally arresting and jailing children. They each declined to be interviewed or didnt respond. We obtained three depositions in which she was questioned. Everything from video calls, to messages to visitation, and even digital mail and money deposits can be done from your home computer or personal device. If youre republishing online, you must link to the URL of this story on propublica.org, include all of the links from our story, including our newsletter sign up language and link, and use our. Jails throughout the United States are now partnering with various companies to provide and manage inmate servives for them and the inmates in their facilities. To try and identify all the kids, she asked around at schools and in the neighborhood where the fight took place. Select the products you want shipped to them at Rutherford County Detention Center, and then input your payment method. E.J. Was I in violation? she said. An inventory of microfilmed Bedford County records is available on our website. The third officer wasnt saying anything. I looked at the charge to the best of my ability, from my experience was like, Yeah, thats, thats the charge, Templeton would later say. For the last year available, 2014, we compiled reports for all 98 courts. ICSolutions is a correctional communications prepaid phone services vendor. But Templeton still wanted to charge them all. One inmate death happened in 2018 and another in 2021. But E.J.s mom could see signs of lasting trauma. Based on their access to the usually confidential records, the lawyers created a spreadsheet showing that more than 50 kids, identified by their initials, had been jailed for offenses that wouldnt be crimes if they were adults. Prior to the afternoon press release about what happened at the jail, Rutherford County District Attorney General Jennings Jonesconfirmed Monday morning he asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigationto investigate the two inmate deaths. The detention facility operates laundry facilities and provides medical services, a library, legal materials and outdoor recreation area for inmates. Whats more, she ordered that a transcript of her words be forwarded, possibly tipping the next judge to her animosity. In some other cases, appeals courts have taken Davenport to task through unusually blunt language. It helps to also have the "A-number", which is the number that ICE assigned to them upon their detention, which you can use instead of attempting to type the detainee's name. Her words were barely out when Carroll made it clear hed had enough, Garrett said later when interviewed as part of an internal police investigation. Video games, the internet, social media its all poison for children, the judge says. Once approved, families may schedule visitation after the first week. I dont know, Miles answered. NOTE: All of your inmate's phone calls are recorded and stored. If they do not have access to the Internet, they may schedule appointments by coming inside the visitation lobby. But 8- and 9-year-olds, and older, are very common now., Being detained in our facility is not a picnic at all, she says on the radio. Remaining balances will be converted to a check or debit card and placed in the Visitation Lobby. (For example, yesterday can be changed to last week, and Portland, Ore. to Portland or here.), You cannot republish our photographs or illustrations without specific permission. She didnt trust the police. Two Rutherford County Adult Detention Centerinmates died at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospitalthis weekend, the sheriff's office confirmed. Garrett grew up poor. #Robbery Dylan had never been arrested before. One of the countys judges appointed her. The confusion at Hobgood one officer saying this, another saying that could be traced in part to absence. She sees a breakdown in morals. Williams and Miles walked the girls outside, not handcuffing either. The two fourth graders still at Hobgood, E.J. But her MTSU personnel file shows her being a part-time dispatcher, then a full-time clerk-typist, then a full-time secretary. Having these arrests take place at Hobgood was not something school officials wanted. The judge was proud of what she had helped build, despite some alarming numbers buried in state reports. The police had no petition for her, Templeton said. A local newspaper editorial bemoaned the sight this produced in the public square: kids, shackled together, in orange jumpsuits, shuffling along the sidewalk and into the Judicial Building. Not that were afraid to see juveniles cuffed and heading toward justice, but it is a disturbing thing that could be avoided if juvenile court could be held at the detention center, the editorial said. OFFENSES INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVISE. The jail keeps adding staff. off the bus. No one ever said no, Templeton said later, adding, If somebody told me, No, stop, I would have stopped.). She then became a private investigator, handling mostly divorces, she told lawyers. Then, asked by police for help, she had helped. Bald Knob, AR. Beginning in the late 1990s, the number of kids in lockup began to decline, both nationally and in Tennessee. A guard, Jacorious said, kept walking past his cell, saying, like, You cant, you cant be by the door. But Tennessee allows counties to hire judicial commissioners to fill this role. County commissioners appoint them. We interviewed, for the first time, the kids (now adults) whose cases launched class-action lawsuits against the county over its illegal detention practices and use of solitary confinement. Walking to a patrol car, Miles stopped and thought, Wait a minute, and removed the cuffs. Among cases referred to juvenile court, the statewide average for how often children were locked up was 5%. I know, probably, most of the prisoners shown, have most likely served their time, or been sent to the Big House. One kid insulted another kids mother, is what started it all. Pay for the ProdigyInmate Messaging Service at Rutherford County Detention Center. After the third time, Miles, fighting back tears, said he understood, as a parent himself, the fathers anger and pain. 4. Lynn Duke declined to be interviewed. But Davenport called the father and/or his attorneys a sneaky snake, the reprimand said. Earliest records include: marriages from 1861. wills from 1861. deed index from 1808. chancery court minutes from 1830. county court minutes from 1848. circuit court minutes from 1840. Ken Armstrong is a reporter at ProPublica. At these meetings we watched more than 100, going back 12 years commissioners have asked regularly about the number of beds filled. Parents and community leaders condemned the actions of police. So so that thats your process because you personally have ordered that process into existence?, In May 2017, a federal judge ordered the county to stop using its filter system, saying it departs drastically from ordinary standards. Type in the inmate's name and it will tell you where he or she is incarcerated and their projected release date. Instead, Davenport terminated the mothers parental rights. Yet they havent been fixed. But Rutherford Countys juvenile court judge focused instead on the state of youth, telling a local TV station: We are in a crisis with our children in Rutherford County. E.J., who was with her mom during this meeting, said she had been there. We have official accounts for ProPublica on. #Criminal Damage Kids who have been arrested and jailed are more likely to commit crimes in the future. If you have any questions, please call 615-904-3132. There, she waited for the kids to be brought to her. Are you EVER going to update this app. If you only have the city name, look up the city's police department, call and ask them if they keep inmates at a local jail or send them to the county jail. We used Prison Rape Elimination Act audits and the 2004 consultants report from Pulitzer/Bogard & Associates. You cant republish our material wholesale, or automatically; you need to select stories to be republished individually. In a deposition, Davenport said she first took the bar exam about a year after finishing law school. Theyre more likely to struggle in school, and to struggle with drugs and alcohol. Are you struggling? she asked her son. Juliet, a Nashville suburb. Charging them was helping them, Templeton believed, because juvenile court is about rehabilitation.. When E.J. To send messages to a Rutherford County inmate follow these instructions: Since Rutherford County Detention Center contracts with JailATM / Prodigy Telephone Solutions. The Debit Telephone Account allows families for friends to purchase phone services for the inmate to make calls to anyone. Tucked in an office corner, he called a sergeant, a lieutenant and a major, but couldnt find anyone to call it off. They ran, but he caught them. recalls. "That's standard procedure," Jones said, "because they were deaths that occurred in custody.". Miles, too, wondered if these arrests would happen at a school full of white students. Davenport said she will retire after completing her eight-year term by Aug. 31. E.J., scared and confused, begged for her mother and threw up on the floor. When Duke first became director, the county detained kids in a deteriorated 19th-century jail separate from the court building. You can send mail to inmates in Rutherford County but you need follow their guidelines carefully if you want your friend or loved one to get your correspondence. Dont buy them at the Dollar Tree, she says on the radio. In all this back and forth, Principal Garrett realized something. Court files are mostly off-limits; proceedings can be closed at a judges discretion. If we dont have your state or county, let us know by posting to our Facebook or Google+ page. Go here to get started on a search for any jail in the state of North Carolina or go to this page to begin a search for all jails in the United States. The lawyers obtained the jails intake procedures, detailing how kids are required to shower while watched by a staff member of the same sex. When you call, give the staff member the name of who you are looking for and a birthdate or age if you have it. The evidence was right there, in the video. And that was just for kids arrested by the sheriffs office. Mothershead asked about Davenports orders to law enforcement to take children to the detention center upon arrest. ), In another case Duke promoted a corporal to sergeant despite a troubling disciplinary record; Duke then fired the sergeant after she entered a cell, removed her belt and struck a child with it, according to an internal investigations findings. and J.S., all age 13, were locked up for being unruly; J.B., age 12, for truancy; and A.W., age 11, for runaway.. Its not an actual charge. Twenty or 21 hours a day are a lot of time to think and let your mind go wild, especially when youre bipolar. He felt jittery. If we have empty beds, we will fill them with a paying customer, Duke said at one public meeting. They went through the statute line by line, with Anderson joining in. Browsearrest data. We recently interviewed J.B.#2, whose name is Jacorious Brinkley. The information on this web site is provided to assist users in obtaining information about county jail arrests. The other fourth grader. Knowing what state the inmate is in is good; knowing which county is even better. She seemed hostile, he says, the hearing perfunctory. While Carroll drove those two girls to the jail, the fourth grader with diabetes stayed behind to see the nurse. These programs focus on successful, lawful living by changing old, destructive and illegal behaviors. Business, he said. (When she subsequently apprised a higher-up in the police department, the higher-up wasnt so sure. Their vote was unanimous. In January 2017, Davenport arrived at a law firm to be questioned by the lawyers for E.J. Stop, Tay-Tay. She was a fourth grader at Hobgood. Office of the General Counsel Office of the Sheriff Professional Standards and Investigations Public Information Office Real Time Crime Center Regional Communications Happening Now Breaking News Community Resources From the Sheriff Neighborhood Support Team Upcoming Events About About BSO Contact BSO Executive Command Staff In Memoriam FAQs The county claimed to have no idea. J.B.#2, the 12-year-old boy, spent two nights in the detention center, court records show. also represented Quinterrius, in what became a second class action. From 2005 to 2009, the county had 11,797 cases of children being referred to juvenile court. From issuing warrants to setting bail to conducting probable cause hearings, Rutherford Countys judicial commissioners can take on tasks that traditionally fall to judges or prosecutors without needing the legal training of either. It continued once the children began arriving at the jail. 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