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In 2002, Hamilton County, Tennessee, City of Chattanooga Chief of Police Jimmy Dotson asked that the faith community help them to reduce the number of the same people coming in the system over and over.  President Emeritus, Wayne Keylon, Jimmy Dotson, DA Bill Cox, Sessions Court Judge, Clarence Shattuck met each week for a year and prayed for a solution. They came up with Transformation Project. It would be a program available for non-violent substance abuse cases.   

Inmates from Hamilton County Jail and Core Civic Silverdale would attend Living Free Support Groups. After an inmate has successfully completed at least one group and served the regulatory minimum time, they were given the opportunity to petition the courts for faith based alternative sentencing to Transformation Project. If permission was granted by the judge, the inmate would be furloughed into Transformation Project. If the former inmate does not abide by the written Transformation Project Agreement, they are sent back to jail to complete their sentence. 

 Transformation Project has pre-release small groups  in  Hamilton County Jail and Detention center,  Sequatchie County Jail and the Catoosa County Jail. We work with the Judicial system in Hamilton County.

We have several Post-Release Campuses. 

About Us

Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by transforming the lives of addiction-related offenders, their families and future generations through the power of God, thereby reducing repeat offenses and crime. 

Lives are being changed! It is our desire to work with people who are determined to overcome their addiction-related issues and live successful, productive lives in our communities.  

We strive to do this through accountability, structure and character education.  

​The resources we rely on to effect this are the Word of God, the Spirit of God and the People of God.  


We are a 501c3 Non Profit Organization.

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers and supporters, we are able to provide our services to the community at no charge.


 Since 2004, 75% of our graduates have not re-offended and 80% of our 2009 graduates have not re-offended. 30% of our graduates are trained volunteer small group Living Free facilitators and life coaches. The Tennessee Department of Corrections statistics show that this inmate population has a 98% recidivism rate.  

OUR COMMUNITY ALLIES

  HOPE UNLIMITED MINISTRIES

LIVING FREE COMMUNITY

DESTINY INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES, DAYTON, TN

DUNLAP CHURCH OF GOD, DUNLAP, TN

EAST BRAINERD CHURCH OF CHRIST, CHATTANOOGA, TN

FREEDOM CHURCH, EAST RIDGE, TN

ACTION CHURCH, EAST RIDGE TN

STRAIGHTWAY MINISTRIES, ATHENS TN

DAYTON CHURCH OF GOD, DAYTON TN

SWEETWATER FIRST ASSEMBLY, SWEETWATER TN

CHATTANOOGA NORTH RIVERS SDA, CHATT TN

FREEDOM LIFE CHURCH, MCMINNVILLE TN  

CANVAS COMMUNITY CHURCH, MANCHESTER TN

PLAINVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, WOODBURY TN

ELLIJAY CITY CHURCH, ELLIJAY GA

GRAYSVILLE SDA, GRAYSVILLE TN

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