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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Oct 25, 2022

The Times News reports that the Tennessee State Building Commission has approved a plan to lease the now-closed Northeast Correctional Complex annex in Carter County to a group developing the Northeast Tennessee Regional Recovery Center. The facility will have 45 beds ready to begin treating state inmates for addiction by March. First Judicial District Criminal Court Judges Stacy Street and Lisa Nidiffer Rice have raised more than $10.4 million for the facility, which will serve a nine-county region stretching from Mountain City to Morristown, and its operations will be managed by judges from the first, second and third judicial districts. The judges say the inpatient program is modeled on their current drug-free Recovery Court structure and will rely on Families Free to provide intensive counseling and treatment services.