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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 2, 2023

The Shelby County Office of Re-Entry is an innovative community agency dedicated to providing education, support and advocacy for justice involved individuals. Director DeAndre Brown tells the Commercial Appeal that the agency's focus on citizenship restoration, including voting rights, is a key element of reentry post-incarceration and is a way to "make a person whole again." Five individuals have successfully completed the restoration of citizenship application process and have filed their petitions with the county circuit court clerk. The filing fees were paid by Just City, a Memphis-based criminal justice reform group.