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 afternoon lunch, a press release said.
The director is Mary Ann Young. She is the featured speaker at Lunch with the League at noon Tuesday, March 7, in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. The church is located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
The press release said Alternatives to Incarceration provides a variety of work, vocational training, and counseling services.
The public is invited to the Tuesday lunch meeting.
Young took over the reins of the Alternatives to Incarceration program in February 2015, the press release said. She was born and raised in Anderson County, and she is a graduate of Clinton High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Cumberlands, formerly known as Cumberland College located in Williamsburg, Kentucky.
In 1987, she moved to California where she lived for more than 20 years in the Sacramento area. She spent the last 12 years of her time there working for the California Department of Justice, or CDOJ, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR. Her experience included working within the Criminal Intelligence Bureau at CDOJ to being a part of rehabilitation services at CDCR, the press release said. Young said it is because of her unique working background that she has a healthy respect for both sides of the spectrum when it comes to dealing with offenders.
Lunch with the League is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, and it is open to the public. There is no cost to attend, and reservations are not needed. Box lunches will be available starting at 11:30 a.m. on a first-come basis for $8, or you may bring your own. Coffee and tea are provided.
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