Tennessee criminal justice reform: Gov. Bill Lee pushes diversion, reentry plan
Nashville Tennessean Gov. Bill Lee is nearing a victory on his long-anticipated criminal justice reform agenda, legislation that seeks to curb the number of nonviolent people returning to prison and give inmates being released a better chance at succeeding. It's a policy goal the Republican governor has discussed since he was campaigning for office, and an issue he has personally cared about for two decades, when he began volunteering with a prison ministry. But it's a proposal Lee and his administration have had to work harder to sell to conservative legislators conditioned to support a "to...
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