DUI offenders to wash cars for MADD
BRISTOL, Tenn. - BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — The folks in the orange- and white-striped jump suits washing cars in Bristol will be DUI offenders helping Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The car wash at an Auto Zone parts store on Saturday costs $10 and the money goes to benefit MADD.
The Bristol Herald Courier reports the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office will transport offenders to the store, where their volunteer labor counts double toward their jail hours.
Sheriff Wayne Anderson said drunken driving offenses run the social and economic spectrum. He said there are between 50 and 100 inmates on any given day who are DUI offenders.
Anderson said a similar project has been done before, and the inmates "really enjoyed it. They felt like they were giving back."
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