Lifeline to Success leader appointed acting head of county re-entry program

By Yolanda Jones, Daily Memphian Published: August 03, 2021 4:39 PM CT

<strong>Lifeline to Success founder DeAndre Brown (shown in 2019 talking to participants in the program’s Blight Patrol class) started the Frayser nonprofit with his wife to help ex-offenders. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has named Brown acting executive director of the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry.</strong> (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file) — Lifeline to Success founder DeAndre Brown (shown in 2019 talking to participants in the program’s Blight Patrol class) started the Frayser nonprofit with his wife to help ex-offenders. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has named Brown acting executive director of the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)

DeAndre Brown has been tapped to be the acting head of the county’s re-entry program.

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Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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