COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM
The Tennessee Department of Correction expects all inmates to work or attend
school. The community work program is just one way offenders are giving
back to the community in a meaningful way.
For calendar year 2007, the community crews worked
1,107,273 hours. These
crews worked for other state agencies, local government and non-profit
organizations.
From January, 1996 through December, 2007 community crews have
performed 15,612,422 hours of
community work.
The
state agencies that received some type of assistance from the crews
during 2006 are the following:
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Department of Children's Services
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Department of Transportation
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Department of Correction
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Department of General Services
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Department of Military
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Department of Veterans Affairs
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Tennessee Emergency Management Association
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Department of Revenue
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TRICOR
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Department of Safety
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Board of Probation & Parole
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Department of Environment and Conservation
Each month, the work crews average working at several
state parks across the state.
