First Of Its Kind Release Center Opens
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 02:38pm
CHATTANOOGA - Commissioner Derrick D. Schofield will join U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, White House Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske and CEO of The Next Door, Linda Leathers in opening the first-ever female release center in Tennessee. The Next Door Chattanooga will provide transitional housing and services to incarcerated female offenders.
The grand opening is open to the press.
| WHO: | Eric Holder, United States Attorney General |
| Gil Kerlikowski, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy | |
| Linda Leathers, CEO, The Next Door | |
| Derrick Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Correction | |
| Charles Traughber, Commissioner, Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole | |
| Doug Varney, Commissioner, Tennessee Mental Health | |
| WHAT: | Grand Opening Ceremony for Re-entry Program for Women |
| WHEN: | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
| 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. | |
| WHERE: | The Next Door Chattanooga |
| 108 Moccasin Bend Road | |
| Chattanooga, TN 37405 | |
| RSVP: | Media must RSVP by sending an email to mediainquiry@ondcp.eop.gov |