New Location
1417 Murfreesboro Road P.O. Box 196300, Nashville, TN  37219-6300

Phone number: (615) 862-8355  Fax number: (615) 862-8349
Dr. Peggy Reynolds, Director

Office Hours:
Please call 862-8355 between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Thursday and 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM on Friday to schedule your appointment.

Welcome!

The state licensed DUI School is part of the General Sessions Courts’ approach to a comprehensive intervention program for DUI offenders.

DUI law mandates 1st offense chemically impaired drivers to enroll in a state licensed DUI School. Since 2000, the nationally researched PRIME for Life sixteen (16) hour curricula has been utilized by General Sessions and Criminal Court Judges through the Safety Center. The Prime for Life Curricula is also offered to special populations of Women Only Classes and Spanish Classes.

DUI law mandates that "second or subsequent offenders" receive substance abuse treatment. The Safety Center provides the courts with assessment, treatment referrals for appropriate levels of treatment and clinical case management for the respective probation departments of General Sessions Court and Community Corrections as well as out of county and out of state referrals.

A recidivism study was conducted on graduates of the Safety Center through the collaborate efforts of the Criminal Justice Planning Unit, Justice Integration Services and the Safety Center.  All graduates from the year 2002 were reviewed for re-arrests in Davidson County.  This would be a two year study for most and a three year study for a few.

Through a Meta Analysis in 1990, researchers found the average two year recidivism rate for control groups completing remedial interventions for DUI drivers to be 19%.   In comparison, the Safety Center’s results were as follows:

Low risk 1st offenders that graduated upon completion of the Prime for Life Curricula had a DUI re-arrest rate of 4.47% and 7.78% for any type of alcohol or drug related offense.

High risk 1st offenders that completed Prime for Life and subsequent treatment had a DUI re-arrest rate of 7.73%

High risk multiple offenders (Level III) that completed treatment referrals had a DUI re-arrest rate of 9.04%

The re-arrest rates for both high risk groups for any type of alcohol or drug related offense were 12.73% & 12.88% respectively. This would suggest that high risk 1st offenders as a group are being appropriately identified by the clinical staff of the Safety Center.

Release of Information:
Federal Law prohibits DUI Schools from releasing any information to anyone without your written permission. If you would like for us to communicate with your attorney, a family member or a treatment provider, please print this “Release of Information Form”.   Please fill it out completely, sign it and return it to our office.  You may hand deliver or mail the completed form to 1417 Murfreesboro Road P.O. Box 196300, Nashville, TN  37219-6300 OR you may fax the form to 615-862-8349.