TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jan 8, 2016

Sen. Ken Yager, R-Kingston, said he has “lost confidence” in Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction’s CEO Patricia Weiland. Yager and other lawmakers confronted the longtime CEO on Thursday following an audit that revealed financial mismanagement. The mistakes, which included TRICOR and the Department of Correction operating without a contract, led to a $4 million deficit and TRICOR ending its prison food program. "I don't have any confidence in (Weiland’s) ability to clean up this problem that has been created under her watch," Yager said. Read more from The Tennessean.