Posts Tagged ‘Blount County judicial system’
A Christmas miracle: Stepping Stone to Recovery offers inmates treatment
On any other Tuesday, the courtroom of the Honorable Judge William Brewer, located on the second floor of the Blount County Justice Center in Maryville, Tennessee and a 10-minute drive from Stepping Stone to Recovery, is a beehive of activity. Judge William Brewer addresses the two scholarship recipients on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Courtesy of…
Read MoreA SECOND CHANCE: Blount County inmates receive the gift of addiction treatment in lieu of incarceration
For Jamie*, the realization that addiction ruled every aspect of her life came in a court-ordered Narcotics Anonymous meeting. She had been arrested for theft over $1,000 but was out on pretrial release, the terms of which stipulated that she attended regular N.A. meetings and meet with her probation officer. She was, needless to say,…
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