Rutherford County Correctional Work Center Receives Accreditation

Rutherford County – TN (09/24/2024) Rutherford County Correctional Work Center has attained its yearly re-accreditation through the Tennessee Corrections Institute(TCI) that will help to reduce offender recidivism and increase state funding to the facility. 

In April 2022, TCI announced the new accreditation opportunity to all jails across the state. The accreditation titled “Tier 1” required jails to adopt new policies and procedures or in some cases update existing ones, to improve the rehabilitation and reintegration efforts of the jail’s inmates. These new Tier 1 requirements included inmate programs such as Adult Education, Moral Reconation Therapy, and employment skills. A second accreditation titled “Tier 2” increased those requirements. The programs have proven across the country to reduce offenders from returning to jail. Facilities that obtained these accreditations would then be eligible for an increase in funding from the Tennessee Department of Corrections for state inmates housed in the county facilities.

 “Programming in Jails is about turning confinement into an opportunity for growth and giving residents the tools to build a better life beyond their sentence. “ Corporal Kim Salyer, Program Coordinator said. 

“I am very fortunate to work in a facility where we focus so much on re-entry and restoration. Tier 1
Accreditation is just one of the ways that we gauge and hold ourselves accountable to ensure that we are delivering effective programming for our residents, “ Lieutenant Chad Duggin, Accreditation Manager said. 

More information about the Rutherford County Correctional Center can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIJHaUp4uyY&list=PLWIYzdSyXkTPZ5DpnqiPGXGgqZ0TSCz3G&index=15.