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Kerwin Pittman spent 11 years behind bars. Now he's transforming the North Carolina jail where others served time into a campus that offers housing and job training for people rebuilding their lives after incarceration.
A new treatment court facility in Cobb County, Georgia is giving people fighting addiction a real shot at recovery with counseling, therapy, and support all under one roof. The program has already graduated over 1,500 people with recidivism rates as low as 0-11%, compared to nearly 50% for those without treatment.
A newly renovated facility in Smyrna, Georgia, is making recovery easier by bringing five accountability courts under one roof. The program has already helped more than 1,500 people rebuild their lives with a recidivism rate under 11 percent.