To improve public safety by restoring former offenders to productive roles in society through training, counseling and education programs that remove the barriers to meaningful employment and that teach skills for today's workforce.
Community Need
Every year roughly 500 inmates are released from the Tennessee prison system and returned home to our community. Because people that have served time in prison are at a high risk of re-offending, the way we manage their transition to the community has a significant impact on the rate of crime we experience.
Research demonstrates that recidivism can be reduced if released prisoners have access to a series of support services and are held accountable to clear social standards. Reducing recidivism lowers crime rates, alleviates excessive burdens on law enforcement resources, reduces the need for additional local jail capacity and frees up scarce prison beds for serious, repeat and violent offenders.
What our experience has demonstrated is that the faster we move someone from prison into a stable situation in the community (which includes a decent job) the more likely he or she wont drift back to a life of crime and corrections.
