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Authorities are searching for four teenagers who escaped from the Roane Academy facility late Monday night. According to Chief Deputy Tim Phillips of the Roane County Sheriff’s Department, the escape occurred just before 11:00 p.m. at the facility located in the Rockwood section of the Roane County Industrial Park. The …

A lawsuit filed by a former employee of Roane Academy in Rockwood claims she was terminated for raising concerns about employee misconduct. Court documents state Lakishia Boyd said the facility was chronically understaffed. There is also an allegation about staff having sex with the juveniles held in the facility. Boyd …