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Model residential drug recovery court showing success, attorney says

Posted at 8:17 pm August 26, 2015
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Brad MacLean and Bob Cantrell

Brad McLean, left, program director of the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court, welcomes the commitment of Rev. Bob Cantrell and Presbyterians to help residents “reconnect with the community.” (Submitted photo)

 

By Carolyn Krause

The United States has a broken criminal justice system and a huge drug addiction epidemic, and the country leads the world in the number of people who are in prisons and jails. More than half of released prisoners re-offend and return to prison within three years.

Brad MacLean, an award-winning Nashville attorney and opponent of the death penalty who lives in Clinton, decided more than two years ago to help combat these major issues. He created and is supervising the nation’s first statewide residential drug recovery court, a pilot program and potential model for other states. On August 1, 2013, the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court opened at the Morgan County Correctional Complex, a state prison for men.

MacLean, who had volunteered in Judge Seth Norman’s residential drug court for Davidson County inmates, is program director at the Morgan County residential recovery court for nonviolent, drug-addicted felons across the state. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Morgan County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: behavior modification, Bob Cantrell, Brad MacLean, counseling, criminal justice, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug court, drug recovery, drug recovery court, drug testing, drug therapy, drug-abdicted felons, drug-addicted offenders, First Presbyterian, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, heroin, jail, methamphetamine, Morgan County Correctional Complex, Morgan County Residential Recovery Court, oxycontin, prescription opiates, prescription pills, prison, residential drug recovery court, Seth Norman, Tennessee Department of Corrections

U.S. attorney: Y-12 security compromises will be vigorously prosecuted

Posted at 9:46 am February 20, 2014
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Bill Killian

William C. “Bill” Killian

U.S. Attorney William C. “Bill” Killian commended the sentences given to the three Y-12 protesters on Tuesday, and he said he hoped it would send a strong message.

“The Y-12 National Security Complex plays a critical role in our country’s national defense,” Killian said in a Wednesday statement. “People cannot take the law into their own hands and unlawfully intrude upon sensitive government facilities. Those who violate the law and compromise the security of the Y-12 National Security Complex will be vigorously prosecuted.”

The three anti-nuclear weapons activists were convicted of sabotage in May 2013 for breaking into Y-12 on July 28, 2012, cutting through high-security fences, and splashing blood and spray-painting slogans on the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility. The fortress-like HEUMF stores most of the nation’s bomb-grade uranium. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 Security Breach Tagged With: Amul R. Thapar, anti-nuclear weapons activists, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Greg Boertje-Obed, HEUMF, Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, Jeffrey Theodore, Megan Rice, Michael Walli, national defense, Office of Inspector General, prison, sentences, supervised release, U.S. Department of Energy, William C. "Bill" Killian, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 security

Morgan voters OK distillery at former Brushy Mountain prison

Posted at 12:34 pm November 6, 2013
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Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex

On Tuesday, Morgan County voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of turning the former Brushy Mountain Penitentiary in Petros, pictured above, into a moonshine distillery and tourist attraction. (Photo courtesy Tennessee Department of Correction)

Information from WYSH Radio

On Tuesday, Morgan County voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of turning the former Brushy Mountain Penitentiary into a moonshine distillery and tourist attraction. The measure passed with 2,431 votes to 1,150 votes against.

Chattanooga-based Brushy Mountain Group is leading the effort to build the distillery, which could bring more than 100 new jobs to Morgan County. In addition to producing moonshine at the former prison, the company also intends to open a gift shop, a museum, and horse trails on the property, and would also like to offer tours of the historic prison to the public.

The former Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex is located about 18 northwest of Oak Ridge in Petros. The maximum-security prison first opened in 1896 and closed in June 2009. At 113 years old, it was the oldest operating prison in Tennessee. Its most infamous inmate was James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Morgan County, Morgan County, Top Stories Tagged With: Brushy Mountain, Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex, Brushy Mountain Group, Brushy Mountain Penitentiary, distillery, James Earl Ray, liquor, moonshine, Morgan County, Petros, prison, tourist attraction

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Public Notice: NNSA announces no significant impact of Y-12 Development Organization operations at Horizon Center

AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE OFFSITE HOUSING OF THE Y-12 DEVELOPMENT … [Read More...]

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Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC) is a non-profit community based agency, … [Read More...]

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