The Kids of Rutherford County (2023) is a 4-part investigative journalism podcast.

It is hosted by Meribah Knight and explores the wrongful detention of school children in Rutherford County, Tennessee, some of whom were as young as 7 years of age and some of whom were detailed because they witnessed a fight in a school yard.

Many of the children were held in solitary confinement while detained, even though that is prohibited under Tennessee law.

Donna Scott Davenport is the judge who had oversight for the Rutherford County juvenile justice system from 2000 until she retired in September 2022. She allegedly saw herself as “the mother of the county”.