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Tennessee Higher Education Initiative (THEI)
The Tennessee Higher Education Initiative brings college programs into Tennessee prisons, including the first class of incarcerated Tennesseans to earn bachelor’s degrees from an HBCU in 2023. Leo Operations worked with THEI from 2022 through 2024.
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About Tennessee Higher Education Initiative (THEI)
- THEI is a Nashville-based nonprofit, operating since 2012, that coordinates higher education programs at seven Tennessee prison sites and provides reentry support to students and alumni. Source
- In November 2023, six men at Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville earned bachelor's degrees in business administration from Lane College, graduating summa cum laude, in a program launched in 2021. Source
- THEI's college partners include Lane College, Belmont University, Nashville State Community College and Dyersburg State Community College, offering associate and bachelor's degree programs inside prisons. Source
- THEI also runs a reentry housing network in Nashville, including Ogburn House, opened in January 2024, and Busby House, which became its first TDOC-approved housing site in September 2024. Source
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