New Purpose after a pardon: What reentry really looks like in East Tennessee

New Purpose after a pardon: What reentry really looks like in East Tennessee

When people talk about clemency, the conversation often drifts toward symbolism — mercy, forgiveness, second chances. What gets talked about far less is what a pardon actually does on the ground, in real communities, long after the sentence has been served. In East Tennessee, one answer can be found in Clinton. New Purpose is a recovery-focused business built around a simple idea: people leaving incarceration don’t fail because they lack supervi…