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(The Center Square) – Two east Tennessee detention centers are facing issues from Hurricane Helene and are looking at options, a state official told a Senate committee. The Cocke County Detention Center and the Courthouse Annex were damaged by the storm, which forced the sheriff to evacuate and house inmates in other locations. Neighboring Jefferson County offered the use of an unused workhouse temporarily, William Wall, executive director of the Tennessee Corrections Institute, told the Senate State and Local Governments Corrections Subcommittee. “I’m working with the governor’s chief of staf…

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