The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is committed to offering programs to help educate and rehabilitate inmates.
Statistics show that approximately 95% of all incarcerated felons are eventually released back into the community.
Research indicates that programming in prison and community corrections is the best method to reduce the risk of recidivism. Providing offenders the opportunity to overcome addictions, obtain their GED, obtain job skills, and to obtain health and mental health care are all essential parts of corrections. Programs are the best way to ensure community safety.
In the wake of a successful federally-funded reentry program managed by Project Return for high-risk offenders, "Tennessee Bridges," TDOC has developed two new reentry programs: The Genesis Transition Program and Change Is Possible.
The agency continues its longstanding partnership with the TDOC by providing five facilitators and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug of Abuse Counselor for the two new programs. Read More …
