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Community corrections program taking shape
By alexcityoutlook.com- Mitch Sneed
Published: 11/19/2015

Beth Alford’s office in the basement of the Tallapoosa County Courthouse in Dadeville is easy to miss.

The new director of the county’s Community Corrections is tucked in a small space in the basement, with a paper sign attached to her door. While you have to look hard to find her office, there is plenty of work going on inside.

Alford officially began her job on Nov. 1, but she has been working on getting the innovative new program up and running since the middle of September.

Community corrections allows for local handling of select inmates prior to their full re-entry into society. The program makes sure that the inmates are working, paying restitution, fines, fees and child support. The program also offers them support in finding work, learning job skills and making sure that they have the tools to keep themselves out of trouble with the law in the future.

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