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- Press release.
- Title:
- Press release [Oct. 10, 2003C]
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- Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
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- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
- Date of Original:
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July 29, 2002B; title from Georgia Government Publications citation, viewed September 19, 2007. - External Identifiers:
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10-1859-5013
Georgia House of Representatives Public Information Office
Room 131, State Capitol 30334 404-656-5082 1-800-282-5800
October 10, 2003
For Immediate Release:
Prison Officials Address Concerned Lawmakers
System Faces Severe Cuts
Atlanta Members of the House and Senate State Institutions and Property Committee on Thursday heard from Mike Light, State Parole Board and Alan Adams, Department of Corrections, on their respective agencies' budgets for the 04 and 05 fiscal years. Because of Georgia's current revenue shortfall, Governor Perdue has ordered state agencies to cut their current spending plans by 2.5 percent and ordered an additional 5 percent cut for next year.
To comply, agency officials have proposed closing many facilities including prisons, detention centers and halfway houses, all across the state. Other recommendations include the elimination of in house chaplains to counsel inmates, a reduction in prison library services and five furlough days for every correction employee over the next ten months.
""A very grim outlook was presented today, which is cause for concern. It was sobering not only in terms of job losses, but more importantly, public safety," said Representative Gerald Greene, D-Cuthbert, Chairman of the State Institutions and Property Committee which oversees Georgia's Prison System. "But we've got to remember this is merely a proposal by the department. The Governor has the power to extend some relief in this area. It is important to wait and see what he recommends then the General Assembly can chart the best course for our state."
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For further information, contact Rep. Greene @ 404-656-5126