🥳 Join Kosta and his 200th guest: Jill Stalnaker, Prevention Training Specialist at TN Voices, Owner of Leaning Tree Agency and Mom of 5.

In this episode: In 2021 the recidivism rate in Tennessee was roughly 46%. That means that almost half of all individuals released from jail or prison were estimated to return within three years. Creating a normal life after incarceration isn’t easy. Reentry is difficult, slow and for many impossible. You help to make that process easier and more realistic. Will you tell us about TN Voices and how you’re helping to educate and empower those preparing for reentry? Most of the listeners of this podcast will likely never go to jail. We can sympathize with the injustices of the system, but we’ll never really understand what it’s like to be in this position. What do you wish people knew about being in jail and what’s really going on? It’s the throughline of this episode, and let’s be honest, at least 90% of the episodes of this podcast - we need change. We’re desperately seeking change across this country and in the Upper Cumberland. When you think about the communities you work with and the greater community we’re a part of - what do you think needs to change?

Find out more about TN Voices:
https://tnvoices.org/

📌 Find out more about WOMAN:
📅 Tuesday, March 18, 2025
🕐 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 185 W 12th St, Cookeville, TN 38501
🎟️ https://www.leaningtreeagency.com/event-details/woman

Thank you to the 200 guests who have joined us on Better Together with Kosta Yepifantsev. We're better when we're together. 💛

Better Together with Kosta Yepifantsev is a product of Morgan Franklin Media and recorded in Cookeville, TN.

This episode of Better Together with Kosta Yepifantsev is made possible by our partners at Volunteer State Community College.

Find out more about Volunteer State Community College:
https://www.volstate.edu/campuses/cookeville