Because of your overwhelming support, our annual 2025 Forgiveness Luncheon raised $218k!
See the Highlight Video & Gallery!Dismas House Wins Leadership Award from Nashville Business Journal
Learn MoreMeet David White: Our 2025 Forgiveness Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Read His StoryThanks to your generosity we reached our Year-End Campaign goal and raised over $50,000!
Watch the storiesThanks to your support for our fourth annual Whiskey, Wine, & Whiskers, we exceeded our goal and raised over $55,000!
The Reality
Formerly-incarcerated individuals face many barriers to reentry, including:
- Lack of safe living quarters
- Discrimination by potential employers
- Access to reliable transportation
- Inadequate care for substance abuse and mental/physical health
- 95% of the 30,000 current inmates in Tennessee will eventually be released
- 70% of the formerly incarcerated in Tennessee commit additional crimes
- 50% of those released in Tennessee will return to incarceration within 3 years
- 25% of the world's prison population is within the US. However, the US is only 5% of the world's population