The Tennessee Department of Corrections will open military veterans-only housing units at three prisons in February, state Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers said Friday.
This are Tennessee's first housing units dedicated exclusively to veterans.
"Veterans will be put together to get into a more common structure. It's veterans, they're going to get through this together," said Rogers, newly appointed by Gov. Bill Lee to lead veteran services.
Rogers announced the news at the annual budget hearing for her department. The hearings allow state leaders to present their proposed budgets to the governor. Budget hearings are one of the first steps in crafting the governor's spending proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.
