As you listen to the kids of Rutherford County, you might wonder how unusual this treatment of children was.

Well, Rutherford County is not alone in its treatment, including its use of solitary confinement.

New findings through the partnership between WPLN News and ProPublica reveal that 150 miles east in Knox County, there's someone else in charge

with a long record of ignoring rules designed to protect kids. Criminal Justice reporter Paige Flager

takes us there. From the outside, the Richard Albine Center looks more like an elementary school than a juvenile detention facility.

It's a one-story brick building a few miles from downtown Knoxville,

next to an unkempt sports field where kids play pee-wee football.

Inside, the walls are painted with brightly colored stripes to help kids navigate the maze like hallways.

It's one of the only nods to the fact that this facility is for children.

Old as I am, I can tell where I'm at.

That's Richard L. Bean, the man at the helm of this juvenile detention center that bears his name.

At 83 years old, Bean is giving a tour of the

facility leaning on a bamboo cane. He's run this place for decades, and he's nostalgic for the way

things used to be, like when he could beat kids with paddles. We didn't have any problem when I'd whip

six or eight a year, and it run pretty smooth.

They said, you don't want him to get a hold of you. And he holds outdated, unapologetic views on juvenile justice.

What we do is treat everybody like they're in here for murder.

And you don't have any problems if you do that.

In reality, most of the kids have only been charged with a crime and are awaiting court dates.

The laws and policies around how kids in detention should be treated have changed a lot since Bean started running this facility. Yet, years of records reviewed by ProPublica and WPLN reveal that Bean failed to keep up with the changing laws and standards.

This is especially true when it comes to locking kids up alone in cells.

They call it seclusion.

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