DYERSBURG, Tenn. — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee stopped in Dyersburg Monday after staying under the radar as the special session began last week. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee was very visible as he and Mrs. Lee toured the Dyersburg Community College’s nursing and EMT programs. “They’re innovative, creative and making changes to their programs so the […]
To some in the audience, Jeremy White sounding like he was preaching.
“I was 19 years old when I got incarcerated. I was facing 120 years,” White, 42, said, his words deliberate, his cadence suited for a Sunday morning pulpit, his Tennessee drawl full on.
“ … [I began] remembering where I came from … ”
“That’s good, that’s good!” Vickie Woodard exclaimed.
Woodard’s son, Almeer Nance, was among the 13 men in caps and gowns, seated on the front row of an assembly hall inside Northwest Correctional Complex. White, the Tennessee Higher Education in Prison Initiative transition coach who’d spent 22 years in prison, scanned the men’s faces. He testified and encouraged.