Trying to locate information on an inmate who is currently behind bars in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center? Do not know where to begin your search?

You can, of course, contact the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center directly, but if you do not want to sit on the phone and be transferred through department and department you can find information on inmates directly from your computer or your smartphone.

The inmate roster is available to you on the Knox County official website. You can search the roster by the inmate's full name. You will not need any further pieces of information.

Inmates in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center can receive magazines, books, newspapers, and even letters from their friends and family.

However, you will need to keep in mind if you plan on sending magazines, books, and newspapers, you will need to send them directly from the publisher. You can do so by using sites such as Amazon. All books are required to be paperback books and new ones. You cannot send hardback books or any books that are used.

If you plan on writing letters to inmates, you will need to always have a return address on every piece of mail you send. Also, you will want to refrain from using any of the following things:

• Staples

• Glitter

• Paper Clips

• Usage of Crayons

• Drawings

• Incriminating Discussions

To send a letter to an inmate in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, please make the envelope out to the following address:

Knox County Law Enforcement Center

Attention Inmate: {inmate Full Name]

3321 Division Street, Knoxville, TN, 37919

If an inmate requests you to send them funds to their commissary account, you can do so without leaving the comfort of your own home.

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center uses JPay for their money depositing needs. You can deposit funds into an inmates account from their online site, over the phone, or you can go in person.

Keep in mind that it can take up to 3 business days before the money is deposited into the inmate's account at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, But the funds are typically in there the same day as you deposited them.

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center allows inmates to use the telephone daily. Inmates will only be allowed to have 15-minute phone conversations. Inmates will be required to call collect.

In order to get a collect call from an inmate in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, you will need to have a landline. Cell phones cannot receive collect calls.

Also, you will need to keep in mind that when you choose to connect to a collect call from an inmate in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, you will be responsible for paying any and all fees that come along with the phone call.

Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center staff will be listening in to every phone call made from the facility. They have the right to disconnect any call they see fit.

To visit an inmate in the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, you will need to contact the facility directly to set up a visitation time.

VISITATION HOURS

• Monday

  7:30 AM to 9:00 PM

• Tuesday

  7:30 AM to 9:00 PM

• Wednesday

  7:30 AM to 9:00 PM

• Thursday

  7:30 AM to 9:00 PM

• Friday

  7:30 AM to 9:00 PM

• Saturday

  7:30 Am to 2:30 PM

• Sunday

  7:30 Am to 2:30 PM