A 36-year-old mother who served 154 days in Marion County jail in 2014 is asking the county to reduce a nearly $15,000 incarceration lien that she amassed after her stay so that she may obtain employment at her church’s school.
Cynturia McClendon Smith will present her request for a release/reduction of her civil restitution lien to the Marion County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, July 15.
Last month, Smith reached out to the county with her request, saying she had been offered the opportunity to be an assistant administrator at her local church’s Christian school and was denied the request after a background screening was denied…