In 1986, CAPP opened after the Community Corrections Act was approved by state legislators to relieve prison overcrowding by diverting nonviolent offenders from prison. CAPP has always incorporated the belief that offenders must receive training and treatment services to keep the cycle of crime from repeating. With that in mind, the state’s first Day Reporting Center (DRC) was developed and opened by CAPP in 1993; providing mental health counseling, addiction education and vocational/educational assistance to CAPP and state probation participants.
The icing on the cake, however, is the fact that from July 2011 to June 2016, CAPP’s recidivism rate is a very low 12%!
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DRC Program Specialist
Senior Case Manager
**If this is an emergency or if you are in need of police response, please call 911**
On July 20, 1985 the burned body of Betty Joyce Brown,aka Simmons, was found in the woods at 3805 Maloney Road in South Knox County. The 29 year old Austin-East graduate had been stabbed before being burned. Ms. Brown was last seen on July 14, 1985 between midnight and 1:00am in front of the Bread Box at Magnolia Ave and Spruce Street. It is believed that Ms. Brown was offered and accepted a ride from an unknown subject. Ms. Brown’s last know address was 2737 Tarleton Ave. Initial investigation indicated that when Ms. Brown’s body was found, she had been dead approximately 1 week. Family members described Ms. Brown as being a “very sweet and loving mother.”
If you have any information please call the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit at (865)-215-3520/3590 or e-mail coldcase@knoxsheriff.org.