New Law Requires TDOC to Assist Inmates in Post-Release Employment

Starting January 1, 2024 the Tennessee Department of Correction must provide inmates with documents that will help them get a job upon release.  As enacted, the law “requires the department to provide an inmate who is discharged from imprisonment for a felony offense and who intends to reside in this state with certain documentation to assist the inmate in obtaining post-release employment and to coordinate with the department of safety to provide a photo identification license if the inmate does not have a current photo identification license or driver license.”  The law also requires TDOC to help inmates obtain other documents like birth certificates, social security cards, work and vocational training records.