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Inmate re-entry program concerns many Colbert County residents
By wtvm.com- Lauren Scharf
Published: 03/21/2018

Countless Colbert County residents are fired up over a faith-based transitional house bringing ex-felons to their neighborhood. Sex offenders have already moved in, and people want to know what can be done to stop more from coming.

By law, county officials can't do anything to stop the ministry. All they can do right now is inform residents about the registered sex offenders who are making Colbert County their new home.

Outreach Re-entry Ministry Inc. said they are trying to help people who want to help themselves after serving their time to get back into society.

"This is a cluster of them that I see coming to my town and it bothers me. I am here as a mother and an aggravated parent that this crap is coming to my town," said Christy Bowman.

It was standing room only for a heated discussion at Tuesday night’s county commission meeting in courtroom three. For nearly two hours, city officials and concerned citizens spoke about ex-felons, including sex offenders, staying at the old Four Way Inn motel located near the intersection of Alternate 72 and U.S. 43,, which is now being changed into a halfway house.

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