Alternatives to jail featured at ‘Lunch with the League’
The director of Anderson County’s alternatives to jail program will be the featured speaker during “Lunch with the League” on Tuesday. The presentation by Mike Baker will focus on alternatives to...
View ArticleDirector resigns from Anderson County alternatives to jail program
Note: This story was updated at 6:39 p.m. The director of an Anderson County program meant to save money and reduce crime and the jail population has resigned. Mike Baker, director of the county’s...
View ArticleJudges say resigning jail alternatives director made ‘no real attempt’ to...
Note: This story was updated March 31 to add a link to the judge’s letter. Mike Baker, the director of Anderson County’s alternatives to jail program, was critical of the judiciary and the county mayor...
View ArticleAnderson officials develop plan to hire 15 jailers for jail expansion
CLINTON—For now, Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank has dropped her proposal to cut funding for the county law director, and she has worked with the budget director to put together a plan to hire 15 new...
View ArticleAnderson budget: Funding for jailers, jail alternatives program obstacles to...
Information from WYSH Radio Last week, the Anderson County Commission held a public hearing on the budget, and the biggest obstacles to having a fiscal plan in place for the new fiscal year are finding...
View ArticleFollow-up: AC budget debate continues
Information from WYSH Radio The Anderson County Commission will hold a special-called meeting on Monday, June 10, at 6 p.m. in Room 312 of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton to continue their...
View ArticleGuest column: County mayor proposes restructuring alternatives to incarceration
Created by an Anderson County Commission resolution in 2011, the Alternatives to Incarceration, or ATI, program has been batted around as a political hot topic. Though there appears to be disagreement...
View ArticleLetter: Cutting alternatives to incarceration may save money now, but will...
To the Editor: Is it wise to downsize the Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) program? Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank wants to cut funding for this program by 80 percent. The program was intended to...
View ArticleAnderson budget cuts tax rate; officials assure sheriff new jailers are covered
CLINTON—The Anderson County Commission endorsed a budget Thursday that lowers the property tax rate, gives employees a day off, and is supposed to provide enough money to pay for jailers hired in the...
View ArticleAnderson Commission considers small tax cut, re-established alternatives to jail
CLINTON—The Anderson County Commission could officially approve a budget tonight that lowers the property tax rate by one-third of a penny, and commissioners will consider re-establishing the...
View ArticleAlternatives to Incarceration to discuss hiring a director
The Anderson County Alternatives to Incarceration Committee will discuss the hiring of a director for the Alternatives to Incarceration Department during a meeting in Clinton today (Tuesday, October...
View ArticleAnderson County hires Alternatives to Incarceration director
Information from WYSH Radio Anderson County is one step closer to having a full-time director for its Alternatives to Incarceration program. Last week, the committee in charge of finding someone to...
View ArticleAlternatives to Incarceration meets April 29
There will be a meeting to discuss updates to the Anderson County Alternatives to Incarceration program on Wednesday, April 29. The meeting starts at 4 p.m. April 29 at the Anderson County Courthouse...
View ArticleAlternatives to Incarceration director to speak at Lunch with the League on...
The director of Alternatives to Incarceration in Anderson County will discuss the program—which is designed to save taxpayers money by reducing jail overcrowding while helping inmates—during a Tuesday...
View ArticleChief Jailer Avery Johnson named Jail Administrator of the Year
Anderson County Chief Jailer Avery Johnson was recently presented the Jail Administrator of the Year award by the Tennessee Corrections Institute, or TCI. The Tennessee Corrections Institute is the...
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