When conversations turn to incarceration and reentry in East Tennessee, they often focus on men. But women are cycling through jails and prisons at alarming rates as well—frequently carrying deeper layers of trauma, fewer support systems, and far less visibility once they return home.
FOCUS Ministries exists for those women.
Operating inside jails and prisons across Knox, Anderson, Bledsoe, Sullivan—and soon Scott and Blount counties—FOCUS provides faith-based programming for incarcerated women and long-term, structured support after release. Its mission is straightforward but demanding: help women break generational cycles of addiction and incarceration and walk in lasting freedom…