Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee keeping intensive probation program alive – barely

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 1,460

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The Tennessee Department of Correction is proposing a two-year contract to maintain the state’s Community Corrections program but keeping a 15% funding reduction in place, finagling with the funds in a mild case of Tin Man’s disease.

The intensive probation program with 300 positions in 15 agencies across the state resurfaced a couple of years ago, after the state tried to shut it down, but is treading water.

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