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Resident urges Montgomery County to prioritize education and reentry support over incarceration in public comment
Summary
Monica Meeks told commissioners the county should invest in prevention, early childhood education and reentry positions rather than expanding incarceration; she cited literacy statistics and asked whether the juvenile resource center and reentry positions would serve all teens or only those already in trouble.
Monica Meeks of Adams, Tennessee, used her allotted three minutes at the Jan. 13 Montgomery County commission meeting to urge officials to prioritize education, prevention and reentry support over incarceration.
"We need education, not incarceration," Meeks told the commission, saying some juvenile detention centers are operated by private companies such as CoreCivic and noting the U.S. Department of Justice has investigated CoreCivic. She asked…
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