Annual report, fiscal year 1996 [1997]

FiscAL YEAR 1996
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECfiONS
ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
State Board of Corrections ................................................................................... 6 The Agency ......................................................................................................... 8 A Continuum of Sanctions .................................................................................. 10
FACILITIES DIVISION
Population ......................................................................................................... 12 Prison Security .................................................................................................. 14 Profile ................................................................................................................ 16 Most Serious Crime Type ................................................................................... 17 Costs ................................................................................................................. 18 Programs/Work .................................................................................................. 20 Victim Services .................................................................................................. 22 Capital Punishment ............................................................................................ 2 4
PROBATION DIVISION
Probation Supervision ........................................................................................ 2 6 Profile ................................................................................................................ 28 Most Serious Crime Type ................................................................................... 2 9 Costs ................................................................................................................. 30 Work Details ...................................................................................................... 32
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Administrative Services ..................................................................................... 34 Expenditures ..................................................................................................... 3 5 Food and Farm .................................................................................................. 3 6
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
Personnel .......................................................................................................... 3 8 Training ............................................................................................................. 3 9 Health Services ................................................................................................. 40
APPENDIX
Directory ........................................................................................................... 4 3 Glossary of Corrections Terms ........................................................................... 50

CHARTS AND MAPS
OvERVIEW OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CoRRECTIONS
Organizational Chart ............................................................................................ 9 Chart 1: Offender Population ............................................................................. 10
FACILITIES DIVISION
Chart 2: Inmate Population Growth ..................................................................... 12 Chart 3: Inmate Security Status ......................................................................... 14 Chart 4: Most Serious Crime Type (Inmates) ...................................................... 17 Chart 5: Breakdown Cost Per Offender in a State Facility .................................... 19 Chart 6: Return-to-Prison Rate ............................................................................ 20 Chart 7: Total Number of Executions in Georgia ................................................. 24
PROBATION DIVISION
Chart 8: Field Probation Population .................................................................... 2 7 Chart 9: Most Serious Crime Type (Probationers) ............................................... 2 9 Chart 10: Cost Allocation to Probationer Supervision ......................................... 30 Chart 11: Probation Collections ......................................................................... 3 1 Chart 12: Probationers Sentenced to Community Service .................................. 32
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Chart 13: Expenditures by Type ........................................................................ 35 Chart 14: Daily Cost to Feed an Inmate .............................................................. 36
HuMAN REsouRcEs DIVISION
Chart 15: Employees By Race and Gender ......................................................... 38 Chart 16: Number of GDC Employees ................................................................ 38 Chart 17: Training Classes ................................................................................. 3 9 Chart 18: Physical Health Care Cost Per Inmate ................................................. 40
APPENDIX
Map of Georgia Department of Corrections Facilities .......................................... 4 2
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FROM THE COMMISSIONER

J. Wayne Garner

l am pleased to present you with the Annual Report of the Georgia Department of Corrections for Fiscal Year 1996.
This year has brought many positive changes in the agency Through it all, I am proud of how each of the Corrections staff helped achieved our mission to protect the public by confining criminals in institutions and centers that are safeand secure, and by effective community supervision.
Punishment by incarceration or community supervision must be strict enough so criminals won't continue their antisocial behavior Criminals must be punished through hard work, Spartan living conditions, and loss of their liberty Those who wish to do their penance to society and change themselves for the better must also be allowed that opportunity through education, job-training and substance abuse programs.

Probation officers are keeping our communities safer by making more frequent visits to probationers convicted of : violent crimes and seeking a quick return to prison for those who fail.
Weare grateful for the support given to the agency by the Governor, the General Assembly and the taxpayers,of Georgia. In return, we will continue our mission to make Georgia a safe place to live and work.
I invite you to review the Department of Corrections' annual report. This issue provides informative updates and statistics about one of Georgia's most critical agencies.

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OVERVIEW

STATE BoARD oF CoRRECTIONS

e Board of Corrections s composed of 16 members, one from each congressional district in the state and five members from the state at-large. The Governor appoints all members, subject to the consent of the state Senate, to staggered five-year terms. The Board establishes policies governing the operations of the agency The Commissioner's responsibility is to implement those policies. The Board develops rules governing the conduct and welfare of employees under its authority and the assignment, housing, feeding, clothing, treatment, discipline, rehabilitation, training, and hospitalization of all inmates coming under its custody. The Board of Corrections is a policy-making statutory board and has legal status only as a board. The operations and management of the Georgia Department of Corrections' institutions, facilities, and probation system are the responsibility of the Commissioner

FY 96 BoARD oF CoRRECTIONS
Pictured (Top Row, L-R): Curtis Colwell, Commissioner J. Wayne Garner,
Charles D. Hudson, Dewey Brown, N.G. "Butch" Houston, Ill, Bruce Hudson, R. Carlton Powell, William B. McKenna, James Cowart, W.J. Taylor, Attorney Neal Childers (Department of Law Liaison), Gene Hodge, Charles Webster (Front Row, L-R): J.M. "Bob" Plemons, Secretary Asa T Boynton, Chairman Robert L. Brown, Jr., Vice-Chairman Raymond Wilkes, Mary Alice Shipp.

MISSION The mission ofthe Georgia Department ofCorrections is to protect the public andstaffby managing
offenders eitherin a safe andsecure environment orthrough effective communitysupervision according to theirneeds and risks. In collaboration with the communityand otheragencies, we provide programs which offer offenders the opportunityto become responsible, productive, law-abiding citizens.

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SIGNIFICANT FY96 EVENTS

OVERVIEW

CoRRECTIONs CoMMISSIONER
TOUGHENS PRISON SYSTEM
Commissioner Wayne Garner overhauled the prison system - requiring inmates to work, eliminating weights and non-athletic recreation equipment, implementing a walking program, and keeping prisons free from contraband.
Correctional institutions were renamed as state prisons.
CPLA SAYES TAX DOLLARS
ON MANDATED LEGAL
SERVICES FOR INMATES
The Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance of Alpharetta, Georgia now provides legal services to inmates for under $900,000 a year. The former firm, Athens-based Prisoner Law Counseling Project, had contracted for $I .3 million a year.

PROBATION FOCUSES ON
FELONY CASES
A new probation scoring system grades violent or sexrelated crimes highest, requiring those probationers to see their probation officers at least three times per month. The new plan means more visits to the home and job site of the more serious criminals on probation.
STATE PRISON TRANSFERRED
TO YOUTH SERVICES
On June I, I996, the Georgia Department of Corrections turned over Johnson State Prison to the Department of Children and Youth Services to relieve DCYS's overcrowding problem. DCYS will place 500 youths in the prison. The adult inmates were moved to other prisons or to county camps.

STAFF TRAINS FOR 0LYMPIC
SECURITY DUTY
Over I ,300 correctional and probation officers trained for security assignments at venues throughout the I 996 Olympic Games.
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
STATUTE THAT WILL
RESTRICT HABEAS FILINGS
Death row inmate Ellis Wayne Felker's scheduled execution was stayed in June I996, based upon the constitutionality of a new law.
The U. S. Supreme Court upheld provisions of the new Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of I 996 that placed restrictions on death row inmates who file habeas corpus petitions seeking federal court review of their sentences.

LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF FY96

PRISON PRIVATIZATION
This law gives GDC authority to solicit bids to build privately-operated prisons in Wheeler, Coffee and Charlton Counties. These prisons are scheduled to open by the end of FY98, and will add I ,500 beds to the state's prison capacity.
PRISON LITIGATION REFORM
This law places the cost of paying court costs and fees on inmates who file malicious or frivolous actions, and requires that funds come out of the inmate's account until all the fees are paid.

MANAGING PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
The state agencies now have more authority in day-today personnel matters. All employees hired on or after July I, I996 are placed on unclassified service. Agencies can fill positions in a flexible and efficient manner similar to that used in the private sector.
DEDUCTIONSFROM INMATE AccouNTS
Effective July I, I996, this law allows GDC to make deductions from inmates' accounts to pay for damage to state prop-

erty, medical expenses for injuries to themselves or others, and costs to quell a disturbance.

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OvERVIEW

THE AGENCY

CoMMISSIONER AND ExECUTIVE OFFICE
On December 7, 1995, Governor Miller swore in J. Wayne Garner as Commissioner. Prior to this post, Mr. Garner served as the Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. The Commissioner is responsible for the daily supervision of agency operations.
The Assistant Commis sioner oversees the daily operation of the agency. The Division Directors, Legislative Services, Public Affairs, Legal Services, Strategic Management, Victims Services, Correctional Industries, Engineering and Commissioner's Awareness program report to the Assistant Commissioner.
The Commissioner's Executive Assistant oversees the tactical squads, canine units, telecommunications, communications center, and internal affairs. He serves as the liaison with other law enforcement agencies, and coordinated GDC's efforts for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
The Director of Public Affairs is the agency's contact point with the public and the media. The Legislative Liaison supports the Board in legislative matters. The Director of Strategic Management works to improve GDC's management systems to meet legislative requirements and support management decisions. The Director of Legal Services acts as the agency's internal counsel. The Director of

Correctional Industries coordinates on-the-job training for inmates. GCI, a public corporation owned by the state, manufactures products for sale to tax-supported entities. The Director of Engineering provides technical and administrative support for Georgia Department of Correction's correctional facilities, and Food and Farm and Correctional Industries sites.
FACILITIES DIVISION
The Facilities Division, managed by the Division Director, is responsible for Georgia's inmate population. This division oversees the admission, classification and movement of over 38,000 inmates as well as the safety and security of all facilities.
The Regional Directors, Operations Support, the State Audit Coordinator and the State Supervisor oversee the division's management of the state prisons, county camps, boot camps, probation detention centers, transitional centers, diversion centers, parole centers, and programs.
Reporting to the facilities Division Director, the Juvenile Services Coordinator provides oversight supervision to the facilities which house juveniles in the Georgia Department of Corrections system. Some juveniles are sentenced by the courts as adults and, as such, are sentenced to Corrections' custody. The Women's Services Coordinator provides oversight supervision to the three female prisons and other female facilities.

PROBATION DIVISION
The Probation Division, managed by the Division Director, provides supervision and services to over 130,000 probationers sentenced by the State and Superior Courts of Georgia in 46 judicial circuits. Four Regional Directors oversee 126 probation offices, with direct responsibility for over I ,400 employees.
In FY96, the probation diversion center, detention centers and boot camps were transferred to the facilities division, allowing the probation division to concentrate on the supervision of probationers in the community.
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
The Human Resources Division, managed by the Division Director, is responsible for the issues and systems which impact the human component of the agency. Training, Health Services, and Personnel are part of this division.
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
The Administration Division, managed by the Division Director, provides business and technical support to other divisions within the agency. The functional areas include Accounting/Payroll, Budget, Care and Custody, Food and Farm, Management Information Services, Purchasing, Fleet/Risk Management, Contract Administration, Property Audits, Fiscal Audits and Business Practices.











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0RGANIZATIONAL CHART
Governor Zell Miller

Board of Corrections

Personal Secretary 1Board Support
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Commissioner J. Wayne Garner

Executive Assistant ~
Tactical Squad Canine Units Olympics Law Enforcement Liaison Communications Center Internal Affairs Telecommunications

Assistant Commissioner Paul Melvin

r- Commissioner's Awareness
r- Legislative Services
r- Public Information t- r- Legal Services
r- Strategic Management
r- Victim Services r- Correctional Industries .._ Engineering

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Juvenile &

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Women's Services

I __ I Human Resources ............D._iv_ision
Personnel Health Services Training

13 f- Region Directors -fState Audit Coordinate~

I ri I State Supervisor

Operations Support

Women's Facilities State Institutions County Camps Boot Camps Probation Detention Centers Transitional Centers Diversion Centers Parole Centers

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Accounting/Payroll Budget Business Practices Care and Custody Contract Administration Fiscal Audits Fleet/Risk Management Food and Farm MIS Property Audits Purchasing

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14 Region Directors 1
Circuit Operations Court Serv1ce Basic Supervision Intensive Supervision Community Service Specialized Supervision Victim Services

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OvERVIEW
A CONTINUUM OF SANCTIONS

BASIC PROBATION
Probationers are rated by risk and sentence conditions. The probation officer develops a case plan to guide the officer and the probationer through the sentence. );;- Cost: $1.25perday
INTENSIVE PROBATION
SUPERVISION (IPS)
When an offender needs more structure than other probation supervision levels provide, a judge can order the probationer to Intensive Probation Supervision. These probationers are monitored by a team of officers who supervise 40 offenders. IPS can include electronic monitoring, curfew checks, warrantless searches, drug and alcohol screens, and employment checks. );;- Cost: $4.07perday

DETENTION CENTER
This center is a short-term, minimum security facility for confining offenders. The inmates perform unpaid community work details and are supervised by correctional officers. ~ Cost: $47.35perday
($44.81 in state funds)
BooT CAMP
Boot camps combine military-style training, hard work, discipline and drug-education programs for young felony offenders. ~ Cost: $47.35perday
($44.81 in state funds)
STATE/COUNTY PRISON
Imprisonment is a last resort either for a clearly violent inmate who can be housed nowhere else, or for a nonviolent inmate who has exhausted

all other forms of punishment. ~ Cost: $47.78 per day (state)
$71.39 per day (UDS) $12.50 per day (county subsidy)
TRANSITIONAL CENTER
Before re-entering society after a term in prison, selected inmates who do not have family support may be assigned to this center. Emphasis is on keeping a job and reintegration into society. ~ Cost: $41.18perday
($40.27 in state funds)
pAROLE REVOCATION CENTER
Parolees who refuse to comply with the conditions of their release, especially those with drug problems, may be revoked directly to a PRC. ~ Cost: $48.54perday

COMMUNITY SERVICE
As an added condition of the sentence, some probationers are required to provide unpaid service to their community. Community Service is either in lieu of fines and fees, or as a way to make restitution to their community for the crime they committed.

OFFENDER POPULATION
Probation 71.5%

DIVERSION CENTER
A diversion center provides a variety of educational and counseling programs during the 120-day program. The residents live at the diversion center, but work a regular job and perform community service. The center deducts room, board, family support, restitution and fees from their paycheck. ~ Cost: $41.32perday
($34. 11 in state funds)

Parole 9.9%
Prison 18.6% Chart 1 -Offender Population: Over two-thirds of Georgia offenders are on some type ofprobation supervision.

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FACILITIES DIVISION
Georgia has the nation's 9th highest incarceration rat(J (432 per-100,000 state residents.)

FACILITIES
A SPARTAN LIFE

Georgia inmates pay their debt to society through hard work in one of the state's 38 prisons, 25 county prisons, five transitional centers, five inmate boot camps, three parole revocation centers, one youth development facility, or one pre-transitional center In December 1995, the facilities Division also assumed responsibility for those offenders in the state's 14 diversion centers, 14 detention centers, and two probation boot camps.
All inmates must follow a highly structured routine, work hard, and abide by the rules and regulations of the prison system. Under the direction of Governor Zell Miller, Corrections Commissioner Wayne Garner established a no-nonsense policy on prisoners to ensure Georgia's prisons are among the toughest in the country

Georgia's prisons are among the toughest in the nation. Georgia runs a
tight and Spartan system in which prisoners, who must wear uniforms, be clean-shaven, and live in cells or 50-person dorms with no amenities.

INMATE PoPULATION GROWTH FY 1986 FY 1996

40,000 , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . , 35,000 1------- - -- -- - - - - - - 30,000 t------ -- -- -25,000

15,000 ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91 FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96

Chart 2 -Inmate Population Growth: Georgia's inmate population has doubled in the past ten years. At nearly 35,000 inmates, Georgia has the nation's 8th largest number ofadults incarcerated in prison.

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FACILITIES

BACK TO BASICS IN GEORGIA's PRISONS

Georgia was one of the most responsive states to enact "tough on crime" legislation with its 1994 "Two Strikes And You're Out" law. Now, Georgia is getting tough in the prisons.
In October 1995, Governor Miller ordered the Department of Corrections to get tougher on criminals - keep them working while they are incarcerated and make prisons a place for punishment for one's crime.
Agency-wide, Corrections has undergone many changes.
MORE WORK
All able-bodied inmates are required to do unpaid work to help repay their debt to society, including working in inmate construction, food and farm services, and in the communities. Educational or substance abuse classes are arranged around an inmate's full-day work schedule.
REDUCE PRIVILEGES
In FY96, all weight equipment and nonathletic recreational equipment were removed by the inmates and donated to local schools across the state. In order to reduce any idle time and to promote good health, all inmates are required to walk 4 1/ 2 miles per day.
Inmates are only allowed to watch television after work

hours, and then only as a tool

1996, the furlough program had

for educational purposes or

allowed some prisoners to go

behavior management, not

home for a few days during a

simply for entertainment. Basic

holiday or the summer. No

cable television connection is

longer can any inmate leave

limited to those only prisons

prison for Christmas or for any

where normal TV reception is

other holiday.

poor.

NAME CHANGE

In May 1996,

the State Board of

Corrections passed

SYSTEMWIDE CHANGES

a resolution to immediately change

Remove weights and non-athletic recreation equipment from prisons. Weights were donated to local schools.

the names of the state institutions. All facilities for-
merly known as
correctional institution are now known

Cease all special leave programs.

as state prison.

No holiday furloughs.

PRISON SWEEPS

Require all inmates to walk 4 1/ 2 miles per day.

Immediately upon Wayne Garner's appoint-

Mark uniforms "state prisoner" or "state probationer".

ment to the Georgia Department of Corrections, the

Toughen boot camp programs; cease graduation ceremonies.

commissioner instituted a plan to

Substitute a cold sandwich for lunch- no hot lunch.

have prison tactical squads perform surprise prison

Change name of facilities from Correctional Institution to Prison.

sweeps, eliminating contraband to keep prisons safe for the

inmates and staff.

Because of

these sweeps and

that prisons are now

All inmate and probation

performing in-house sweeps,

detainee uniforms are labeled

Georgia's prisons are cleaner,

with "State Prisoner" or "State

safer, and more secure for staff

Probationer" on the back of their and prisoners alike.

shirt for easy identification in

the community.

No FuRLOUGHS
Eliminated in January

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FACILmES

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

In Georgia, each inmate is assigned to one of five levels of supervision. During diagnostic evaluation, the inmate is classified to a security level. Over time, the inmate can be reclassified at a lower security level if certain criteria are met.
OFFENDER
CLASSIFICATION
Upon entering the prison system, an inmate is classified to a security level according to the inmate's length of sentence, nature of crime, criminal history, sex offenses, detainers, escape history, history of violent behavior, medical/psychiatric status and drug/alcohol use.

vision while working inside the fence.
MEDIUM SECURITY Medium-security inmates
with no major adjustment or substance abuse problems still require constant supervision outside the perimeter fence and regular supervision inside the fence.
MINIMUM SECURITY
These inmates have shown themselves to be capable of abiding by the rules, present minimal risk of escape and have been judged to be of minimal

threat to the community. They are allowed to work in the community, however such inmates are checked hourly while both inside and outside the prison's perimeter security fence.
TRUSTY SECURITY
An inmate assigned to the trusty category has proven to be trustworthy, has no adjustment problems, is cooperative, and has no current alcohol or drug addiction problems.
Trusty inmates require occasional checks by Corrections staff members.

MAXIMUM SECURITY
Those inmates considered to be extremely assaultive or dangerous, pose a high escape risk, and/or have serious problems are assigned to this category. Such inmates require constant supervision by correctional officers and do not work outside the prison security fence.
Diagnostic inmates are considered maximum security since their security classification status has not yet been determined.
Inmates under death sentence are classified as maximum security.

INMATE SECURITY STATUS
Minimum

Medium

Trusty Diagnostic
Close

CLOSE SECURITY
Inmates assigned to this category are escape risks and rule violators, have assaultive histories, and have detainers for serious crimes on file. These inmates require constant super-

Chart 3 -Inmate Security Status: The breakdown of the security level of all inmates shows that the two-thirds of GOG inmates are classified as minimum or medium-security. Of the 1, 059 maximum-security inmates, 110 are classified as Under Death Sentence. Diagnostic inmates are treated as maximum-security until they are assigned a security level.

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FACILITIES BY SECURITY LEVEL

FACILITIES

LEVEL VI
Maximum security prisons are the most secure and restrictive facilities for inmates who are high escape risks, have a history of violence in prison, and/or were convicted of notorious or heinous crimes.
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Georgia State Prison (Arrendale SP, Augusta SMP, Hays SP and Metro SP also hold some maximum-security inmates.)

v LEVEL

The primary mission of this level prison is secure housing for inmates with management problems,

in combination with inside-the-perimeter work details and programming.

Arrendale SP 7

Hancock SP

Phillips SP

Valdosta SP

Augusta SMP

Hays SP

Pulaski SP 2

WareSP

Coastal SP

Macon SP

Smith SP

Washington SP 2

Eastman YDF

Metro SP 2

Telfair SP

LEVEL IVI III

IV: Medium security inmates (and lower) perform work details and Correctional Industries opera-

tions both inside and outside the fence.

III: These prisons house select inmate populations and focus upon particular work or program

missions.

AutrySP

DodgeSP

MilanSP

WalkerSP

BaldwinSP

DoolySP

Montgomery SP

Wayne SP 4

Bostick SP 3

Homerville SP

Rivers SP

W. Central SP

BurrussCTC

LeeSP

RogersSP

Wilcox SP

CalhounSP

LowndesSP

RutledgeSP

CentraiSP

Men's SP 3

Scott SP

LEVEL II
Primarily county-operated facilities, these prisons heavily emphasize work details. All county correctional institutions

LEVEL I (TRANSITIONAL CENTERS)

Transitional centers house work-release inmates who have regular contact with the community.

In FY96, transitional center residents paid the state $1 ,218,590 in room and board while working at

a regular job in the community.

Albany TC

Macon TC

Pelham Pre-Transitional Center

Atlanta TC

Metro TC

Savannah TC

NOTE:
Incarcerates male juveniles sentenced under the Juvenile Justice Reform Act who are separated, in the most part, from the general population. Prisons for female inmates. Pulaski SP incarcerates female juveniles sentenced as adults. Incarcerates geriatric and chronic medical cases, including some close-security inmates.
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FACJUTIES
PROFILE oF AcTIVE INMATES

GENERAL
Total Population: Gender:
Male Female Race: Non-white White Age: 00-21 22-39 40-54 55-99

34,864
32,695 (94%) 2,169 (6%)
23,640 (68%) I I ,224 (32%)
3,379 (10%) 23,593 (68%)
6,876 (20%) 998 (2%)

EDUCATION
WRAT Reading Score: Less than 6th grade 6th - I I th grade 12th grade More than 12th grade
Educational Level: Less than 7th grade 7th - 1 1th grade 12th grade More than 12th grade

14,091 (40%) 12,405 (36%)
5,006 (14%) 2,015 (6%)
I, 133 (3%) 20,907 (60%)
7,423(21%) 4,340 (12%)

FAMILY
Guardian Status (until age 16): Father & Mother Mother Only Father Only Other

14,189 (41 %) 13,448 (39%)
933 (3%) 5,343 (15%)

Marital Status:

Single

17,692 (51%)

Married

4,385 (13%)

Separated/Divorced/Widowed 6,975 (20%)

Other

4,801 (14%)

BEHAVIOR
Diagnostic Behaviors: * Escape Tendencies Assaultive Alcohol Problem Drug Problem
Family Behavior Patterns: * Criminality Father Absent Alcoholism Drug Abuse
Employment Before Incarceration: Full-time Part-time Unemployed/Other
SENTENCING
Sentence Length: 0-3 years 3.1-6 years 6.1-9 years 9.1-12 years 12.1-15 years 15.1-20 years 20. I and over Life Death
Average Sentence Length (Years): Excl. Life & Death Sentences Inc. Life & Death Sentences
No. of Prior Georgia Incarcerations: Zero One Two Three Four or More

1,617 9,792 11,653 17,580
9,587 15,553
5,402 1,995
13,341 (38%) 2,679 (8%)
16,897 (49%)
3,361 (10%) 7,695 (22%) 4,222 (12%) 5,150 (15%) 2,011 (6%) 3,018 (9%) 4,400 (13%) 4,837 (13%)
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10.60 12.04
17,097 (49%) 7,384(21%) 4,419 (13%) 2,895 (8%) 3,069 (9%)

Number of Children: None One Two Three or More

2,196 (6%) 8,150 (23%) 5,833 (17%) 6,827 (20%)

Probation to Follow Prison: Probation to Follow No Probation to Follow

8,609 (25%) 26,255 (75%)

* An inmate may report more than one behavior pattern during the self-reported diagnostic testing. This figure counts the number of
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FACILITIES
MosT SERious CRIME TYPE
INMATES
F:fty-three percent of Georgia's active inmates are in prison for violent or sex crimes. Violent offenders and sex offenders are serving an increasingly higher percentage of their sentence than most other inmates. That percentage continues to increase with the addition of thousands of new prison beds and tougher actions by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Most violent inmates serve 50 percent of their sentences. The system-wide average sentence length for violent crime inmates was 7.53 years. Their average length of stay was 3.79 years.
Most sex offenders serve 51 percent of their sentences. The average sentence length for sex offenders was 7.22 years. Their average length of stay was 3.73 years.
Inmates sentenced under the "Two Strikes" law serve I 00 percent of their violent or sex crime sentence, a minimum of ten years without parole. Those convicted a second time for any one of the "seven deadly sins" will serve a life sentence without possibility of parole. The 1994 law applies to those convicted for the following crimes: murder, rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and aggravated sexual battery.
MosT SERious CRIME TYPE

Violent Sex
Property Drugs
DUI/Hab Viol Other 0

2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000

Chart 4- Most Serious Crime Type: Fifty-three percent of all Georgia inmates are incarcerated for a violent or sex crime.

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FACILITIES

CosT PER INMATE PER DAY

BY STATE PRISON

PRISON

POPUlATION ANNUAL COST

Arrendale S.P. Augusta State Medical Prison 1 Autry S.P. Baldwin S.P. Bostick S.P. Burruss Correctional Training Center Calhoun S.P. Central S.P. Coastal S.P. Dodge S.P. DoolyS.P. Eastman Youth Development Facility Georgia Diagnostic &... Classification Prison Georgia S.P. Hancock S.P. HaysS.P. Homerville Parole Revocation Center johnson S.P. 2 Lee S.P. Lowndes S.P. MaconS.P. Men's S.P. Metro S.P. Milan S.P. Montgomery S.P. Phillips S.P. Pulaski S.P. Rivers S.P. Rogers S.P. 3 Rutledge S.P. Scott S.P. Smith S.P. Telfair S.P. Valdosta S.P. WalkerS.P. WareS.P. Washington S.P. Wayne S.P. WilcoxS.P.

1,204 633
1,106 799 542 378
1,013 754 917 852
1,067 114
1,504 1,208
974 1,081
175 981 504 320 966 609
640
198 357 941 626 975 1,068 591 1,038 989 997 836 354 1,146 711 193 1,057

$22,714 45,403 13,925 18,092 14,914 21,324 12,700 16,144 16,061 12,730 12,926 33,402 15,692 26,228 14,628 17,883 17,716 13,585 16,391 14,127 13,805 15,205 23,308 18,101 17,770 21,680 21,300 15,435 17,968 16,450 16,109 14,800 14,303 20,594 13,804 16,802 19,151 17,470 12,303

DAILY COST
$ 62.23 124.39 38.15 49.57 40.86 58.42 34.80 44.23 44.00 34.88 35.41 91.51 42.99 71.86 40.08 49.00 48.54 37.22 44.91 38.70 37.82 41.66 63.86 49.59 48.68 59.40 58.36 42.29 49.23 45.07 44.13 40.55 38.19 56.42 37.82 46.03 52.47 47.86 33.71

TOTAL AVERAGE

30,418

$ 17,440

$47.78

NOlE:

Augusta State Medical Prison - Primary medical support location.

2 Transferred to Dept. of Children and Youth Services (June 1, 1996)

3 Rogers State Prison - Food and Farm support location.

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FACILITIES
0 0. 0. 0 0 0
PROGRAMMATIC CosT PER OFFENDER
J!t\..most half of the $47.40 average daily cost per offender in a state facility is allocated for security.
BREAKDOWN CosT PER OFFENDER IN A STATE FACILITY
Security 46.02%

Training 0.88%
Food and Farm 7.70%

Departmental Administration 5.07%

Plant Operations and Maintenance 10.43%

Physical & Mental Health Care 14.53%

Programs 9.99%
Diagnostics 0.58%
Administration at the Facility Level 4.79%

Chart 5- Breakdown Cost Per Offender in a State Facility: The distribution of funds per average state offender shows that almost half of the daily costs to incarcerate an offender are security-related costs. Chart 5 is based upon a $601 million budget and depicts those inmates in a prison, county camp, transitional center, diversion center, probation detention center or boot camp.

PROGRAMMATIC CosTs PER OFFENDER IN A STATE FACILITY

FUNCTIONAL AREA

DAILY COST

ANNUAL COST

Security Training food and farm Plant Operations and Maintenance Physical and Mental Health Care Administrative at the facility Level Programs Diagnostics Departmental Administration

$21.81 0.42 3.65 4.95 6.89 2.27 4.74 0.27 2.40

$7,962 153
1,332 1,805 2,514
829 1,729
100 877

TOTAL

$47.40

$ 17,30 1

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FACILITIES

PROGRAM SERVICES

~e Georgia Board of Corrections mandates academic, vocational and on-the-job training for
1 .nmates.

EDUCATION SERVICES
Inmates can enroll in academic education, including literacy/remedial reading, adult basic education, OED, and special education.
LIBRARY SERVICES
Inmates have access to the prison libraries and courtordered law libraries.
COUNSELING SERVICES
Counseling services focus upon developing programs to change inmates' behavior and prepare them for eventual release from prison.

CHAPLAINCY
Chaplains, contract chaplains, and volunteer clergy counsel inmates and staff, and provide religious services.
RECREATION SERVICES
Recreation programs teach inmates how to pursue constructive interests and release tension during their limited periods of unstructured time.
In FY96 all weight equipment and non-athletic recreational equipment were removed from GDC facilities and donated to the local schools around the state.

ADDICTION ISSUES
All inmates with a substance abuse offense or a history of substance abuse must participate in an alcohol and drug risk reduction program.
PRE-RELEASE AND
AFTERCARE
Pre-release coordinators counsel those inmates who are about to be released from boot camp in order to develop postincarceration plans.
Aftercare coordinators help put the plans into effect.

RETURN-TO-PRISON RATE
(PERCENTAGES)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10
0
No Problem

31
23

Only Alcohol

Only Drug

I I Male D Female

56 44
Both

Chart 6 - Return-to-Prison Rate: Inmates who have a drug and alcohol abuse problem return to prison at a far greater rate than those inmates who do not have a substance abuse problem.

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PuTTING INMATES To WoRK

FAOUI7ES

II able-bodied inmates n Georgia must work. o help repay their debt to society, inmates work up to eight hours per day in the prisons, in the communities, on prison farms and in on-the-job training. Georgia is one of only three states that do not pay their inmates for work. Within the prisons, inmates work in the kitchen, laundry, on grounds and building maintenance, and at other jobs as necessary. Inmates learn such trades as small engine repair, food service and preparation, automobile maintenance, custodial services and horticulture.

FoooANDFARM
Food and Farm trains inmates in on-thejob food production and processing programs.
See page 36 for more on the food and farm activities.

GEORGIA CoRRECTIONAL
INDUSTRIES
A programmatic component of the agency, Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI) manufac-
tures products for sale to tax-
supported entities. In Fiscal Year 1996, 23
manufacturing operations located at 16 facilities generated $30.2 million in sales. Over 1,340 inmates are assigned to jobs in GCI operations which include metal fabrication, optics, printing, license plates, footwear manufacturing, woodworking, screen printing, upholstery, garment manufacture, and chemical production.

This year, detention center inmates helped to renovate the Department ofNatural Resources' state parks and cottages.

INMATE CONSTRUCTION
Construction crews, made up of state inmates, serve the construction needs of GDC, other state agencies and communities. In FY96, over 460 inmates completed 23 departmental and 19 non-departmental projects, including renovating schools, city halls, state park cottages and bridges. Inmate Construction saved Georgia taxpayers $3.4 million in FY96.

CoMMUNITY WoRK DETAILS
Trusty, minimum, and medium-security inmates work up to eight hours daily outside the prison walls in local communities.
These inmates refurbish and maintain civic buildings, do groundskeeping, perform a variety of road work, clean public buildings and schools, and work at recycling centers and landfills.

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FACILITIES
VICTIM SERVICES

f1 ar is one of the most requent issues heard by he victim services section of GDC. A criminal act destroys one's feeling of safety and security, therefore victims need to be heard.
For every crime, there is a victim. Victim Services is the liaison between crime victims and the agency. Georgia Law O.C.G.A. Section 17-17-6 (b), passed in 1995, is a Crime Victims' Bill of Rights that makes information pertaining to the inmate available to the victim.
In FY96, MIS and victim services developed a computerized victim notification program. This upgrade of service now provides registered victims with valuable information on the status of their offender.
Upon the victim's request, the victim services staff, in conjunction with the Facilities Division, notifies victims or their survivors:

Georgia Department of Corrections Victim Notification Form

Send Completed form "" Georsia Department of Corrections
Facilities Division Attention: Calvin Brown
1 Martin luther Kins 1. om., 5E
Atlanta, G...pa 30334

~---------------

Provide the followina innYte information if known. (TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY)

Inmate name:,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Inmate number:._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Inmate date of birth:_ _ _ _ _ _ ___ Inmate sender. 0 ,.. 0 ~
Sentence date: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____

Inmate social 5urlty 1: - - - - - - - - -

Inmate race: o wwc.
cc.._..,....,

c .....
CHC"""'

County of conviction:_ _ _ _ _ _ ___

Cri~~---------------------------
In accordance with House Bill170 concemina victim notification, the followinalndividual (s) have requested to be notified of .all release and refease.teLaled proceedinp pertaining to the above captioned defendanL This information includes notice of furlouchs. transfers to a transitional center, death or final release, as well as any
escapeond~.
NMMmVKtim--------------------------
ContKtperson tobenotifred:(ifdifferent from victim),_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___
Contact's relationship to victim:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

GM~~~~~~~~~-----------------------

(Oty) ContKl's dilytime phone number. { ) Contact's evmina phone number. ( ) Comments:

(State)

(lip)

C home 0 work 0 other_____

o home c work c other_____

It is the Yk1im..:J. responsibility to notify the Department of Corrections of M1Y chMtges in address or phone numbers. Notification will be recorded Mtd contact made to the last known addre$s.
Sipature of requestor

Prior to the inmate's release into the community;
Prior to the inmate's transfer to a transitional center;

The Victim Notification Form is entered into the Georgia Department of Corrections computerized victim notification program. The crime victim will receive notification from GOG whenever a change in the inmate's status occurs. Victims who wish to register with GOG Victim Services must complete Form 101A and submit it to the agency.

Upon the death of an inmate;

Upon an inmate's escape; and

Upon an inmate's recapture and return to custody.

Notice of transfers to another prison within the system will not automatically be given.

















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FACILITIES
HIGH VISIBILITY IN OLYMPIC SECURITY

e Georgia Department of Corrections was an integral part of the 1996 Olympic effort. In FY96, over I ,300 GDC employees mobilized to provide security at a number of venues throughout Georgia. Hundreds of correctional officers (COs) and probation officers (POs) supported the security operation of the Summer Olympic Games. Over 900 COs and over 400 POs worked 12-hour shifts at venues in Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah, Athens and Lake Lanier While the officers assigned to Olympic duty were away from their usual work site, the staff back at the prison or probation office altered its schedule to maintain proper security and coverage of duties. The schedule of four days on and four days off was designed to keep the officers alert and well rested.

Many Corrections' tactical teams were mobilized throughout the state to serve as security, surveillance and crowd control at Olympic venues.
Photo by Paul Czachowski.
SECURITY DUTIES
Undercover surveillance
Crowd and traffic control

Drug/Bomb-sniffing canine units

24-hour security at State Olympic Law Enforcement Command Center

Transportation of officas
to their venue assignments

Dignitary protection

Select GOG staff worked at the State Olympic Law Enforcement Command Center during the Olympics. Photo by Paul Czachowski.

Security at law enforcement villages

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FACILITIES
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN GEORGIA

Legal execution prior to 1924 was hanging. From 1735tol924,over500 hangings were carried out in the county of conviction.
In 1924, the legislature abolished death by hanging and substituted electrocution.
The first electric chair, built by its first victim, was set up at the Georgia State Prison Farm, near Milledgeville. In 1937, the place of execution was moved from Milledgeville to Reidsville. The electric chair was moved to its present location at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in June, 1980.
In 1945, Lena Baker was the only female executed in Georgia's electric chair.

FY96 ExECUTIONS
No executions took place in FY96, although seven inmates were sentenced to death in the fiscal year. GDC had I I 0 inmates on death row in FY96.
Death row inmate Ellis Wayne Felker's scheduled execution was stayed on May 3rd while the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed his appeal based upon the unconstitutionality of a new law limiting death row appeals. The Supreme Court upheld the provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,

placing restrictions on death row inmates who file repeat habeas corpus petitions seeking federal court review of their convictions or death sentences.
GEORGIA BOARD OF pARDONS AND PAROLES
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has the right to grant or deny clemency in a death penalty case.
An offender whose death sentence has been commuted to life must serve 25 years before being considered for pardon or parole.

EXECUTIONS RULED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court (Furman v. Georgia) outlawed executions, ruling that the old laws were in violation of the 8th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
The ruling nullified the laws of 39 states using capital punishment.

TOTAL NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IN GEORGIA 1986- 1996
6~------------------------------------------, 51-~--
4 -

LAWS REDESIGNED
Georgia's new death penalty law went into effect in 1973, stating that a sentence of death may be imposed for treason, skyjacking, murder, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping.
In 1976, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty in Georgia as constitutional.
Twenty men in Georgia have been executed since the U. S. Supreme Court upheld Georgia's death penalty 20

3 f---2
O FY86 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91 FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96
Chart 7- Total Number of Executions in Georgia: The average number of yearly executions in the 1930s was 13; in the 1940s was 13; and in the 1950s was 8. The number of executions in Georgia, over the last ten years, has averaged 1.4 per year.

years ago (Gregg v. Georgia).

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0 0 0 0 0. 0

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PROBATION DIVISION
Because Georgia ranks 6th nationally in number of probationers, probation officers performed hundreds of
thousands of home visits this past year

PROBATION

PROBATION SuPERVISION

11e Probation Division serves the courts and protects the public. Of the Division's I ,450 staff, 70 ercent are line officers who supervise over I34,000 offenders released to community superviion by the courts. Statewide, the average caseload was 206 probationers per officer

BASIC SUPERVISION
Probation officers perform surveillance of probationers, test for drug and alcohol use, and collect restitution for the victim, fines and probation fees.
Basic probation supervision caseloads average 200 cases per officer
PROBATION FACILITIES
Residential and confinement facilities provide alternatives to incarceration for offenders who pose manageable risks to the community.
CouRT SERVICES
Court service officers prepare pre- and post-sentence investigations for I69 superior courtjudges (and the lower courts), prepare and present court papers, and enforce probation conditions.

caseloads average 40 probationers per team.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Judges can order a probationer to perform community service work as an added condition of the probation sentence, either in lieu of fines and fees, or as an additional sanction and a way to make restitution for their crime.

INTERSTATE

Probation Officers make recommendations in cases involving probationers or offenders

CoMPACT
In f96, the GDC Probation Division

being considered for probation.
Photo by Phil Bean.

accepted supervision of I,709

by Georgia probation officers to

offenders from other states,

5,39I During the same period,

bringing the total of out-of-

3,499 Georgia offenders were

state probationers supervised

supervised in other states.

INVESTIGATIONS
Probation officers who are responsible for investigating offenders perform criminal activity research and in-depth interviews with involved parties. The officer can then make sentencing recommendations to the courts.

INTENSIVE PROBATION
SUPERVISION (IPS)
IPS provides the offender with more structure and discipline than other supervision levels provide, including electronic monitoring, curfews, warrantless searches, random drug and alrohol screens and employment checks. IPS

Officers routinely screen probationers for alcohol using an Alko-Sensor The Probation Division also tests probationers for use of marijuana, cocaine, morphine, and amphetamines. Photo by Charles Coker.

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SUPERVISION STANDARDS ENHANCED

n increase in serious elons on probation reated the need in FY96 to restructure the probation supervision standards. In 1986,47 percentofthe probationers under active probation supervision were felons while 53 percent were misdemeanants. A decade later, in 1996, 74 percent were felons versus 26 percent were misdemeanants. To ensure field supervision is focused upon those offenders who present the greatest risk to the community, the Probation Division has amended its field supervision standards. The Results Oriented Supervision System now recognizes a "maximum" level of supervision. Contact standards are set for all case management levels (maximum, high, and standard).

BASIC PROBATION MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SUPERVISION
MAXIMUM
Three face-to-face contacts per month in the field.
HIGH
Two face-to-face contacts per month in the field.
STANDARD
One contact per month.

Probationers convicted of misdemeanor offenses are assigned to standard level supervision, unless there is justification for placement at a higher supervision level.
All probationers are regularly tested for drug and alcohol

use. If a probationer tests positive, the probation may be revoked and he could be sent to prison to serve the rest of the sentence. During FY96, probation officers performed 70, 125 tests for illegal drugs; 8,746 of these tests proved positive for drugs.

FIELD PROBATION POPULATION
BY PROBATION SUPERVISION TYPE

Standard 71,172

Maximum 4,080

Administrative 21,198

Intensive 3,622

Unclass./Other 20,802

Chart 8- Field Probation Population: Most probationers (not in community facilities)

are required to have at least one contact per month with their probation officer. The

greatest number of contacts and use of resources are devoted to the 20,058 high and

maximum/intensive cases.





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PROBATION

PROFILE OF ACTIVE PROBATIONERS

e protection of the community is the moving force behind ODC's Probation Division. Probationers are sentenced by the judge to serve time in the community supervised by a probation officer or serve time in a community probation facility The following data includes probationers in the field and in community facilities.

GENERAL
Total population: Gender:
Male Female

134,056
107,445 (80%) 26,611 (20%)

CASE TYPE
Split Sentence Straight Sentence Other

15,811 (12%) 114,757 (86%)
.3,488 (2%)

Race: Non-White White
Age Groups: ()().21 22-.39
4().98
Unknown

69,434 (52%) 64,622 (48%)
18,008 (1.3%) 85,.356 (64%) 29,955 (22%)
7.37 (1 %)

TYPE PROBATIONER
Misdemeanant Felon Other

34,471 (26%) 97,.398 (7.3%)
821 (1 %)

CuRRENT SuPERVISION TYPE
Maximum Intensive High Standard Administrative Unclassified Other

2,501 (2%) 5,5.3.3 (4%) 2.3,476 (18%) 60,546 (45%) 21,198 (16%) 16,97.3(1.3%) .3,829 (2%)

SENTENCING
Sentence Length: 0-1 year I 1-2 years 2. 1-.3 years .3. 1-4 years 4.1-5 years 5.1-6 years 6.1 years and over

15,7.34 (12%) 19,595 (15%) 1.3,.37.3 (10%) 1.3,060 (10%) 14,299 (11 %) 27,.367 (20%) .30,628 (22%)

S TE R~BAl I R I

Average Sentence Length: Average Time on Active Probation:

4.7.3years 2.10years

NOTE: O.C.G.A. 17-10-1 mandates that after two years of active probation supervision, fully-paid restitution, and with no cause to extend probation, a probationer is classified as being on Administrative Probation. The 2.10 years (Average Time on Active Probation) is a reflection of this 1992 law.

Probationers may be sentenced by the judge to a probation detention center where they work, attend evening programming, and abide by the rules of the center Once the probationer is released from a PDC, or from any center-based supervision, he remains on one of the three levels of basic probation supervision, in most instances.

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PROBATION
MosT SERious CRIME TYPE
PROBATIONERS
Ti o out of five active probationers (41 percent) are serving time for drug and alcohol crimes, 4 percent have property crimes and 15 percent have violent or sex crimes. These numbers nclude both straight sentence probationers and split sentence probationers (those who have already served the prison part of their sentence).
MosT SERious CRIME TYPE

Violent Sex
Property Drugs
DUI/Hab. Viol. Other 0

16,352 45,160
19,359
10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

Chart 9- Most Serious Crime Type: The majority of Georgia probationers have been convicted of a property, drug, or alcohol-related crim~.

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PROBATION
0 0 0. 0. 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CosT ALLOCATION PER PROBATIONER

0

n average, field probation supervision costs the state taxpayer $1.36 per day per probationer.

CosT ALLOCATION To PROBATIONER SuPERVISION

State Prison 76.7%

Field Probation 9.6%
Subsidies/Other 3.5% Trans. Ctr. 1.8% PDC/PBC 6.1% Div. Ctr. 2.3%

Chart 10 -Cost Allocation To Probationer Supervision: The costs for field probation supervision accounted for less than ten percent of the FY96 Corrections budget.

FIELD PROBATION CosTs VERsus PRISONs/CENTERS

DESCRIPTION

TOTAL COSTS

State Prisons Transitional Centers County CI/Jail Subsidies Diversion Centers Detention Ctrs./Boot Camps Field Probation Supervision Other 1

$530,475,299 12,609,762 21,081,298 15,565,640 42,409,851 66,192,022 3,128,510

ANNUAL COST PER OFFENDER
$17,440 15,030
15,083 17,282
495

DAILY COST PER OFFENDER
$47.78 41.18
41.32 47.35
1.36

TOTAL

$69 1,462,382

NOTE: Includes start-up for West Georgia Probation Boot Camp and cost of operating the Davisboro YDF for the Department of Children and Youth Services.

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RESTITUTION, FINES AND FEES

PROBATION

e Probation Division eturns its operating budget in value to the citizens of Georgia. The probationers' fees, fines, restitution and community service surpasses the division's $58, 158,000 budget. If ordered by the court, the probationer must pay restitution to the crime victim for the damage caused by the crime and must reimburse the city for the victim's medical care, if necessary In FY96, probationers paid over $10. I million in victim restitution and child support.

0
Probationers paid $50 million in fines, fees and restitution in FY96. Diversion center residents paid $2.67 million for room and board.
Photo by Phil Bean.

PROBATION CoLLECTIONS

$60,000,000

$50,000,000

$40,000,000

$30,000,000

$20,000,000

$10,000,000

$0 Total Fees
TYPE COLLECTION
Value of Community Service Fines/Costs Supervision Fees Restitution Paid to Victims

Probation Budget
AMOUNT COLLECTED IN FY96
$ 8,703,380 28,617,000 12,018,92.3 10,085,0.37

TOTAL

$59,424,340

Chart 11 - Probation Collections: The total court-ordered financial obligations collected by the Probation Division in FY96 almost equal the division's annual budget.

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PROBATION
UNPAID WoRK IN THE CoMMUNITIES

Unco~pensated community service programs are for those probationers who are ordered to perform community service hours as an added condition of probation in lieu of fines and/or restitution, ofjail or prison, or as a disciplinary step in revocation hearings.
Community service is also a program requirement for other sentencing options, such as diversion centers and intensive probation supervision.
Each probationer mandated by the courts to community service averaged nine hours per month of uncompensated work for the state's taxpayers in FY96.

Community service probationers performed over two million hours of work
for a savings of $8.7 million worth of unpaid community service around
Georgia. Photo by Carroll Blankenship.

PROBATIONERS SENTENCED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE

Chart 12- Probationers Sentenced to Community Service: Although all probationers perform some type of unpaid community service work, almost20 percent were sentenced to perform community service in lieu of fines, restitution or prison time. In addition to picking up trash along roadsides, probationers were assigned to community service work at recycling centers, at city and county water and sewer departments, and in hundreds of other agencies across the state.

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ADMINISTRATION DIVISION

$600,000,000 $500,000,000 ---- --- -----

$400,000,000

$300,000,000

$200,000,000

$100 000 000

.

.

' ' FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91 FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96

The Corrections state funds expenditures have increased $446 million in ten fiscal years to meet the growing prison
and probation populations.

ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

e Administratio.n Division rovides business and technical support to the three other divisions within the Georgia Department of Corrections.
AccouNTING/PAYROLL
Accounting recorded over 250,000 expenditure transactions in FY96. The payroll section issued over 280,000 payroll checks to GDC employees in addition to its monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
BuDGET
The Georgia Department of Corrections operated on a $691 million budget in FY96.

BUSINESS PRACTICES
To improve business operations throughout the agency, the section helped develop and implement the Care and Custody Accounting Reporting Evaluation System (CARES) for an annual savings of over $1 million.
It also supported the development of a new computerized lD room, inmate trust accounting and commissary store program in FY96.
CARE AND CusTODY
Operating on an annual budget of $ 12 million, Care and Custody provided the clothing and supplies for GDC's 40,000 inmates and probation detain-
ees, and the uniforms for approximately 10,000 staff.

The Care and Custody section and the office of Business Practices account for inmate and staff clothing, bedding and supplies.

CONTRACT
ADMINISTRA-
TION
The Contract Administration section is responsible for GDC's privatization efforts, controls all leases and contracts entered into by the agency, and administers the agency's Central Project Fund.

FISCAL AUDITS
The section reviewed over $ 106 million in inmate and probationer receipted funds at all GDC facilities and probation offices in Fiscal Year 1996.
FLEETI RISK MANAGEMENT
The agency's fleet of vehicles are managed by this section. It also coordinates employee and property insurance programs, and property loss claims.
FooD AND FARM
The Food and Farm section oversaw the preparation of over 30 million meals to Georgia's prisoners last fiscal year
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES (MIS)
The MIS section provides computer systems that record and track information about Georgia prisoners and probationers, provide schedules, food service menus and inventory, account for probationer fees and restitution, and track business expenses.
The Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) processed over 25 million online transactions in FY96.
PROPERTY AUDITS
Over 60,000 personal property items, valued at $89.8 million, were tracked and inventoried this fiscal year
PuRCHASING
The Purchasing section offers technical assistance, training, and customer support for the procurement of goods and services.

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FY96 EXPENDITURES

ADMINISTRATION

Tie total Georgia Department of Corrections budget exceeded $700 million in FY96 by years' end; 682.2 million of this total amount were state funds. The total expenditures for FY96 were over $691.4 million ($672.4 million in state funds)- a $446.4 million increase in ten years. The early implementation of several FY97 budget redirection items, coupled with a change in the agency's administration, served to hold the line on expenditures. This allowed the Department of Corrections to lapse over $9 million in state funds which were returned to the state treasury.

Personal Services Regular Operating Travel Motor Vehicle Purchases Equipment Purchases Real Estate Rentals Per Diem, Fees and Contracts Computer Charges Telecommunications Capital Outlay Inmate Release Fund Court Costs County Subsidy Meal Payments- Central State Hospital Utility Payments -Central State Hospital Health Service Purchases Central Repair Fund Mag Health Certificate Utilities County Subsidy for Jails Meals - Public Safety Contracts - UGA Extension Service Minor Construction Fund
FY96 EXPENDITURE TOTAL

$477,221 ,932 57,266,323 2,085,846 3,394,034 5,019,662 6,046,747 8,262,309 6,813,279 7,003,557 216,322 1.470,693 1,207,399 15,651.505 3,949,298 1.129,907 64,892,031 1.114,375 63.420 21.209,833 4,929,135 461.160 366,244 1,687,371
$69 1,462,382
($673,276,809 in state funds)

EXPENDITURES BY TYPE
Personal Services 69.0%

Other 14.0%

Health Svcs Contract 9.0%

Reg. Operating a.o%

Chart 13- Expenditures by Type: Personal Services account for two-thirds of the Fiscal Year 1996 Corrections expenditures.

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ADMINISTRATION

Fooo AND FARM

T: feed all state inmates, early 4,000 inmates work on the prison farms in the fields, dairy, meat cutting plant and cannery Food and Farm provides nutritionally-balanced meals at a low daily cost of $ 1.81 per inmate.
All told, 45 percent of food served to GDC's inmates is produced on the farms. Annually, that's 30 million meals.

HOMEGROWN FooD
On the 5,000 acres devoted to row crops, inmates grow potatoes, greens, carrots, English peas, squash, tomatoes, turnips, black eyed peas, and berries. The 5,000 acres allocated for pasture supports more than 100 head of cows, producing approximately 16,000 gallons of milk per week. Over 80,000 laying hens produce 1.6 million dozen eggs annually
KEEPING CosTs Low
To keep costs low and control inventory, all facilities follow the same master menu of 2,800 to 3,000 calories daily, so all inmates are eating the identical meal at the same time throughout the system.
In September 1995, GDC substituted a cold sandwich lunch instead of a hot meal for all inmates. Facilities have reported using less electricity, and less wear and tear on equipment.
Food and Farm has maintained the low daily cost to feed an inmate, despite the increasing inmate population, the rising cost of food, and the cessation of $1 .5 million of free food given in past years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Over 3, 790 inmates prepared and served 30 million meals in FY96.
DAILY CosT TO FEED AN INMATE
2.1.-----------------------------------------, 2.05
2 1.95 1.9 1.85 1.8 1 75 1 7
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Chart 14- Dally Cost to Feed an Inmate: Despite the rising number of inmates, rising cost of food and cessation of free food from the U.S.D.A.,
GDC has kept its raw food costs low at $1.81 per da.y, per inm.ate.

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HuMAN REsoURcEs DIVISION
Inmates receive court-mandated physical health care and mental health care.

HUMAN RESOURCES

PERSONNEL

Over 13,000 employees work for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Two-thirds (65%) of GDC employees are male, and onethird (35%) are female. Forty percent of all GDC staff are African-American, and the remainder (60%) are white. Less than one percent of GDC staff are Asian, Hispanic or another race/ ethnicity.
In the past five fiscal years, the number of GDC employees has almost doubled, increasing from 7,350 employees to 13, 175 employees.

EMPLOYEES BY RACE AND GENDER

White 59.3%

Males 65.1%

Black/Other 40.7%

Females 34.9%

Chart 15- Employees By Race and Gender: GOG's 13,000 employees are responsible for keeping all Georgians safe.

NuMBER OF GDC EMPLOYEES FY92-FY96

16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000
8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000
0

FY92

FY93

FY94

FY95

FY96

Chart 16- Number of GDC Employees: With the rising number of probationers and inmates, the agency has increased its number of employees, the majority of whom work directly with the offenders in the communities and prisons.

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TRAINING

HUMAN RESOURCES

T:e Training section proidedjob-relevant training nd developmental opportunities to over 42,000 participants in FY96.
GEORGIAGAIN
To prepare GDC employees for the new performance system, the Training section worked in conjunction with the Merit System and other state agencies to train over 2,000 of its managers and supervisors on GeorgiaGain.
OLYMPICS
Intense, specialized training was given to tactical squad members in preparation for providing security support for the I 996 Centennial Olympic Games.

TRAINING CLASSES

MAJOR PROGRAMMATIC AREAS
Basic Correctional Officers' Training
Basic Probation Officers' Training
In-Service Training, Facilities and Probation
Management Development, Supervisory Training
Employee Development Training
GeorgiaGain, Performance-Based Management Training
Olympic Preparation Training

#OF PARTICIPANTS (APPROXIMATE)
1,800 68
.)1,500
1,100 5,200
2,000 500

Chart 17- Training Classes: Over42,000 participants were trained in a variety of topics, including Olympic security training and mandatory inservice training.

Officers are trained at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Georgia by qualified instructors.

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HUMAN RESOURCES
HEALTH SERVICES
~ysical health services and mental health services were combined into one office in FY96. This hange was made to promote greater efficiency while ensuring greater continuity of care in these reas of service. Approximately 3,000 inmates (9 percent) were receiving mental health service at any given time. The managed care contract, held by Prison Health Services, delivers low-cost health care to inmates, lowering the annual health care cost per inmate to $2,265.

PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE CosT PER INMATE

2,800,--------------------

2,600 f--

-.

2,400 r - - - -

2,200 2,000 1,800 1---r---~--

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----=1

1 60 FY 91

FY 92

FY 93

FY 94

FY 95

FY 96

Chart 18- Physical Health Care Cost Per Inmate: The average cost per inmate for physical health care was $2,240. This was based upon annual expenditures of $77,490,138 and translated into a 14 percent reduction in the cost per inmate from FY95.

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Over 13,000 people are employed by the agency to supervise 130,000 probationers and incarcerate 35,000 inmates.

.A.P.P..E.N..D.I.X.:.F.A..C.I.L.I.T.Y..M..A.P.............................................................................
MAP OF GDC FACILITIES

NORTHERN

STATE PRISON
0 COUNTY C.l. I PRISON
IXl TRANSITIONAL CENTER
U YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FACILITY
)... PROBATION REGIONAL OFFICE ~ PAROLE REVOCATION CENTER
.A PROB. DETENTION CENTER I DETENTION CENTER
v PROBATION OFFICE
D. DIVERSION CENTER ! BOOTCAMP
ffi REGIONAL OFFICE
(FACILITIES DIVISION)
V PLANNED FACILITY
~
* '
~

CENTRAL

GRADY I THOMAS
vI D
Revised 11/3/96
Note: The letters accompanying the "state prison" icon denote the facility's security level: MX- Maximum, M- Medium, C- Close

SOUTHERN

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1996 CENTRAL OFFICE DIRECTORY

2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.E. Suite 700, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4900 (404) 656-4593

1996
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
Robert L. Brown, Jr., Chairman Raymond L. Wilkes, Vice-Chairman
Asa T. Boynton, Secretary (404) 656-6002

COMMISSIONER
J. Wayne Garner (404) 656-6002
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
Paul Melvin (404) 656-6002

FACILITIES DIVISION
A.G. Thomas, Division Director (404) 656-2809
PROBATION DIVISION
Larry Anderson, Division Director (404) 656-4747
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
Peggy Ryan, Division Director (404) 656-4603
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Rod Coggin, Division Director (404) 651-6997

PUBLIC INFORMATION
J. Michael Light, Director (404) 656-9772

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STATE PRISONS

REGIONS

I

Northern Regional Director
James Doctor 10 Park Place, Ste. 3 10 Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 656-4618

Calhoun S.P.
P. 0. Box249 Morgan, GA 31766 (912) 849-4501
Central S.P.
4600 Fulton Mill Road Macon, GA 31213 (912) 471-2906

Central Regional Director
Jimmy Sikes P. 0. Box378 Hardwick, GA 31 034 (912) 453-4383
Southern Regional Director
Nick Bibbings HCOl, Box213 Reidsville, GA 30453 (912) 557-7707

Coastal S.P.
P. 0. Box 7150 Garden City, GA 31418 (912) 965-6330
DodgeS.P.
P. 0. Box 276 Chester, GA 31012 (912) 358-4801
DoolyS.P.
P. 0. Box 750 Unadilla, GA 31 091 (912) 627-2000

I I STATE PRISONS

Eastman Youth Development Facility

P. 0. Box235

Lee Arrendale S.P.

Eastman, GA 31 023

P. 0. Box 709

(912) 374-6900

Alto, GA 3051 0

(706) 776-4700

Georgia Diagnostic

and Classification

Augusta State Medical Prison

Prison

P. 0. Box 3877

300 1 Gordon Highway

Jackson, GA 30233

Grovetown, GA 30813

(770) 504-2000

(706) 855-4700

Autry S.P.
P. 0. Box648 Pelham, GA 31 779 (912) 294-2940

Georgia S.P.
HC01 Reidsville, GA 30453 (912) 557-4301

Baldwin S.P.
P. 0. Box 218 Hardwick, GA 31 034 (912) 453-5218

Hancock S.P.
P. 0. Box339 Sparta, GA 31 087 (706) 444-1000

Bostick S.P.
P. 0. Box 1700 Hardwick, GA 3 1034 (912) 453-4623

Hays S.P.
P. 0. Box668 Trion, GA 30753 (706) 857-0400

BurrussCTC
P. 0. Box 5849 Forsyth, GA 31029 (912) 994-4350

Homerville S.P.
P. 0. Box337 Homerville, GA 31634 (912) 487-3052

LeeS.P.
P. 0. Box399 Leesburg, GA 31 763 (912) 759-6453
Lowndes S.P.
P. 0. Box 5367 Valdosta, GA 3160 1 (912) 245-6450
Macon S.P.
P. 0. Box426 Oglethorpe, GA 31 068 (912) 472-3400
Men's S.P.
P. 0. Box396 Hardwick, GA 31 034 (912) 453-4702
Metro S.P.
130 1 Constitution Road Atlanta, GA 30316 (404) 624-2200
Milan S.P.
P. 0. Box410 Milan, GA 31 060 (912) 362-4900
Montgomery S.P.
P. 0. Box256 Mt. Vernon, GA 30445 (912) 583-3600
Phillips S.P.
2989 W.Rock Quarry Rd. Buford, GA 30518 (770) 932-4500
Pulaski S.P.
P. 0. Box839 Hawkinsville, GA 31 036 (912) 783-6000
Rivers S.P.
P. 0. Box 1500 Hardwick, GA 31 034 (912) 453-4591
Rogers S.P.
P. 0. Box 53000 Reidsville, GA 30453 (912) 557-7771

Rutledge S.P.
71 75 Manor Road Columbus, GA 31907 (706) 568-2340
Scott S.P.
P. 0. Box417 Hardwick, GA 31 034 (912) 453-5375
Smith S.P.
P. 0. Box 726 Glennville, GA 30427 (912) 654-5000
Telfair S.P.
P. 0. Box549 Helena, GA 31037 (912) 868-7721
Valdosta S.P.
P. 0. Box310 Valdosta, GA 31601 (912) 333-7900
WalkerS.P.
P. 0. Box 98 Rock Springs,GA 30739 (706) 764-3600
Ware S.P.
3620 North Harris Road Waycross, GA 31501 (912) 285-6400
Washington S.P.
P. 0. Box206 Davisboro, GA 31018 (912) 348-5814
Wayne S.P.
1007 Shed Road Odum, GA 31555 (912) 586-2244
West Central S.P.
P.O. Box589 Zebulon, GA 30295 (770) 567-0531
WilcoxS.P.
472 S. Broad St. Abbeville, GA 31 00 1 (912) 467-2911

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CoUNTY CAMPs I BooT CAMPs/PDCs

COUNTY PRISONS
Athens/Clarke CCI 2825 County Farm Rd. Athens, GA 306I 0 (706) 613-3400
Bulloch CCI I730I30INorth Building 209 Statesboro, GA 30458 (912) 764-62I7
Carroll CCI 96 Horsley Mill Road Carrollton, GA 30 II7 (770) 830-5905
Clayton CCI I I420 S.L.R. Blvd. Lovejoy, GA 30250 (770) 473-5777
Colquitt CCI P. 0. Box339 Moultrie, GA 3I 768 (9I2) 985-333I
Coweta CCI I 0 I Selt Road Newnan, GA 30263 (770) 254-3723
Decatur CCI P. 0. Box 2053 Bainbridge, GA 3I 7I 7 (9I2) 248-3035
Effingham CCI P. 0. Box235 Springfield, GA 3I329 (9I2) 754-607I
Floyd CCI 329 Black Bluff Rd, SW Rome, GA30I6I (706) 236-2494
Gwinnett CCI P. 0. Box47 Lawrenceville, GA 30245 (770) 5I3-5700
Hall CCI I685 Barber Road Gainesville, GA 30507 (770) 536-3672

Harris CCI 9982 GA Hwy. I I6 Hamilton, GA 3I8I I (706) 628-4959
Houston CCI Kings Chapel Road Perry, GA 3I 069 (9I2) 987-I477
Jackson CCI 255 Curtis Spence Dr. Jefferson, GA 30549 (706) 367-5287
Jefferson CCI Rte. I , Box 9A Louisville, GA 30434 (9I2) 625-7230
Mitchell CCI Rte. 4, Box 228C Camilla, GA 3I 730 (9I2) 336-2045
Muscogee CCI 3950 Schatulga Road Columbus, GA 3I907 (706) 56I-3220
Richmond CCI P. 0. Box 5259 Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 798-5572
Screven CCI P. 0. Box377 Sylvania, GA 30467 (9I2) 863-4555
Spalding CCI I5 I5 Williamson Road Griffin, GA 30223 (770) 228-2946
Stewart CCI P. 0. Box I 57 Lumpkin, GA 3I8I5 (9I2) 838-4385
Sumter CCI P. 0. Box484 Americus, GA 3I 709 (9I2) 924-6066
Terrell CCI Rte. 5, Box 38 Dawson, GA3I742 (9I2) 995-538I

Thomas CCI Rte. I, Box 302 Thomasville, GA 3I 792 (9I2) 226-4394
Troup CCI 2508 Hamilton Road LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 883-I720
PROBATION BooT CAMPS
PutnamPBC P. 0. Box 3970 Eatonton, GA 3I 024 (706) 485-330 I
Became a state prison 10/1/96
Treutlen PBC P. 0. Box 747 Soperton, GA 30457 (9I2) 529-6760
West Georgia PBC 425 Rivers Circle Bremen, GA 30 I I 0 (temporary) (770) 537-6438 (temp.)
PROBATION DETENTION CTRS.
CentralPDC P. 0. Box I90 Cadwell, GA 3I 009 (9I2) 689-4750
ColweliPDC 797 Beasley Street Blairsville, GA 305I2 (706) 745-3610
I.W. Davis PDC P. 0. Box 730 Jefferson, GA 30549 (706) 367-I732

Emanuel County PDC P. 0. Box 760 Twin City, GA 3047I (9I2) 763-2400
J.C. Larmore PDC P. 0. Box49I4I9 College Park, GA 30349 (770) 306-6942
Northwest PDC I 030 W. Girrard St. Cedartown, GA 30 I25 (770) 749-2300
Patten PDC P. 0. Box278 Lakeland, GA 3I635 (9I2) 482-824I
Kockdale-DeKalb PDC P. 0. Box 1039 Conyers, GA 30207 (770) 388-5777
Southeast PDC P. 0. Box869 Claxton, GA 304I 7 (9I2) 739-I9II
Southwest PDC P. 0. Box 1080 Moultrie, GA 3I 776 (9I2)89I-7I80
WesternPDC P. 0. Box 2250 Butler, GA 3I 006 (9I2) 862-585I
Whitworth PDC P. 0. Box 769 Hartwell, GA 30643 (706) 856-260 I
Women'sPDC P. 0. Box 920 Claxton, GA 304I 7 (9I2) 739-Q7I6

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DIVERSION CTRS/TRANSITIONAL CTRS

ISTATE SuPERVISOR
Helen Scholes 2 MLK Jr Drive East Tower- Rm. 854 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 65I-6994

Gateway DC I I 00 Sylvan Road, SW Atlanta, GA 303I 0 (404) 756-4600
Griffin DC P. 0. Box I086 Griffin, GA 30224 (770) 229-3327

Helms DC

I I DIVERSION CENTERS

I275 Constitution Road Atlanta, GA 303I6

(404) 624-24I3

Albany DC P. 0. Box50I88 Albany, GA 3I 703
(9I2) 430-4306

Macon DC 200 Henry Street Macon, GA 31206 (912) 75I-6I97

AlcovyDC P. 0. Box I600 Monroe, GA 30655 (770) 207-4I7I
Athens DC P. 0. Box I229 Athens, GA 30606 (706) 542-8628
Atlanta DC I566 Bankhead Hwy. Atlanta, GA 303I8 (404) 792-7055
Augusta DC P. 0. Box5706 Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 771-4763
Clayton DC P. 0. Box 2283 Forest Park, GA 3005 1 (404) 363-7680

Rome DC Northwest Regional Hospital Building 206 Rome, GA30I6I (706) 295-64I8
Savannah DC I303 E. President St. Savannah, GA 31404 (9I2) 65I-2733
Thomasville DC P. 0. Box980 Thomasville, GA 3I792 (9I2) 225-4025
Waycross DC P. 0. Box 759 Waycross, GA 3I502 (9I2) 285-6028

Cobb DC 831 North Cobb Pkwy. Marietta, GA 30062 (770) 528-5300

Columbus DC 3900 Schatulga Road Columbus, GA 31907 (706) 568-2167

Gainesville DC I 002 Aviation Blvd. Gainesville, GA 3050 I (770) 535-5723

ITRANSITIONAL CTRS.,
AlbanyTC 304 N. Washington St. Albany, GA3I70I (9I2) 430-3888
AtlantaTC 332PoncedeLeonAve, NE Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 206-5075
MaconTC I I 00 Second Street Macon, GA 3I20 I (9I2) 75I-6090
MetroTC I303 Constitution Road Atlanta, GA 303I6 (404) 624-2380
Savannah TC 439 East Broad Street Savannah, GA 3I40 I (9I2) 65I-2268

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FIELD PROBATION OFFICES

REGIONS
Northeast Regional Director Dennis Clark 1277 Parker Road, S.E. Conyers, GA 30207 (770) 785-6829
Northwest Regional Director Bobby Greer 1260 Winchester Pkwy, Suite 211 Smyrna, GA 30080 (770) 319-3822
Southeast Regional Director Herman Hill P. 0. Box 2029 Waycross, GA 31502 (912) 285-6120
Southwest Regional Director Don Chandler P. 0. Box I 036 Bainbridge, GA 31 718 (912) 248-2600
FIELD PROBATION OFFICES
AdeiPO 208 N. Parrish Avenue AdeL GA 31620 (912) 896-7525
Albany PO P. 0. Box822 Albany, GA 31 702 (912) 430-4182
Americus PO P. 0. Box226 Americus, GA 31 709 (912) 931-2537
Appling PO P. 0. Box344 Appling, GA 30802 (706) 541-0033

Athens PO P. 0. Box 1146 Athens, GA 30603 (706) 369-6000
Atlanta-Central PO 795 Peachtree Street Suite405 Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 894-2596
Atlanta Admin. PO I 40 Pryor St., SW 3rd Floor Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 656-550 I
Atlanta North P02 7741 Roswell Road Atlanta, GA 30350 (770) 395-1946
Atlanta PO (Admin.) 40 Pryor Street 2nd Floor Atlanta, GA 30335 (404) 656-5577
Atlanta PO (Court) 160 Pryor Street Atlanta, GA 30335 (404) 656-4600
Atlanta PO (Trnsfr.) 160 Pryor Street SW Atlanta, GA 30335 (404) 656-4315
Atlanta PO (Pgms/IPS) 1010 W. Peachtree St. 2nd Floor Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 206-5043
Atlanta South PO I 2565 Jolly Road Suite200 College Park, GA 30349 (404) 559-6662
Atlanta South P02 5600 Stonewall Tell Rd. Suite224 College Park, GA 30337 (770) 306-6933

Atlanta West PO 200 I MLK Jr. Drive Suite 412 Atlanta, GA 3031 0 (404) 756-4433
Augusta POl 530 Greene Street RoomA-102 Augusta, GA 3091 I (706) 721-3511
AugustaP02 40 I Hale Street Augusta, GA 3090 I (706) 721-0050
AugustaP03 406 Greene Street Augusta, GA 3090 I (706) 721-3515
Bainbridge PO P. 0. Box I 054 Bainbridge, GA 31 71 7 (912) 248-2671
Baxley PO P. 0. Box898 Baxley, GA 31513 (912) 367-9664
Blairsville PO Box7 185 Welborne Street Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-2824
Blakely PO P. 0. Box 772 Blakely, GA 31723 (912) 723-4277
Blue Ridge PO 990 E. Main Street Suite 9 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 (706) 632-2149
Brunswick PO P. 0. Box 178 Brunswick, GA 31521 (912) 262-3065
Buchanan PO P. 0. Box 156 Buchanan, GA 30 I 13 (770) 646-3810

Cairo PO P. 0. Box 149 Cairo, GA 31728 (912) 377-5347
Calhoun PO P. 0. Box294 Calhoun, GA 30703 (706) 629-4951
Camilla PO P. 0. Box342 Camilla, GA 31 730 (912) 336..()264
Canton PO P. 0. Box448 Canton, GA 30 1 14 (770) 479-2602
Canton PO (sub-off.) 90 North Street Suite370 Canton, GA 30 1 14 (770) 720-6390
carnesville PO P. 0. Box371 Carnesville, GA 30521 (706) 245-9444
Carrollton PO 205 Tanner Street Suite B Carrollton, GA 30 I I 7 (770) 836-6704
Cartersville PO P. 0. Box 771 Cartersville, GA 30 120 (770) 387-3780
Cedartown PO P. 0. Box I 771 Cedartown, GA 30 125 (770) 749-2206
Clarkesville PO P. 0. Box556 Clarkesville, GA 30523 (706) 754-9315
Claxton PO P. 0. Box26 Claxton, GA 3041 7 (912) 739-1318
Clayton PO P. 0. Box556 Clayton, GA 30525 (706) 782-4727

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FIELD PROBATION OFFICES (CONTINUED)

Cleveland PO 1650 S. Main Street Suite J Cleveland, GA 30528 (706) 865-7361
Columbus PO P. 0. Box 2337 Columbus, GA 31902 (706) 649-7484
Conyers PO P. 0. Box473 Conyers, GA 30207 (770) 388-501 1
Cordele PO 1304 South 7th Street Cordele, GA 31 0 15 (912) 276-2346
Covington PO P. 0. Box348 Covington, GA 30209 (770) 784-2110
Cumming PO 31 0 Tribble Gap Road Cumming, GA 30 130 (770) 781-2170
Cuthbert PO P. 0. Box365 Cuthbert, GA 31 7 40 (912) 732-2123
Dahlonega PO 1065 Tipton Drive Dahlonega, GA 30533 (706) 864-6290
Dallas PO P. 0. Box82 Dallas, GA 30 132 (770) 443-7861
Dalton PO P. 0. Box 747 Dalton, GA 30722 (706) 272-2306
Danielsville PO P. 0. Box392 Danielsville, GA 30633 (706) 795-3845
Darien PO P. 0. Box 1238 Darien, GA 31305 (912) 437-6669

Dawson PO P. 0. Box387 Dawson, GA 31742 (912) 995-6459
DeKalb Central PO 547 Church Street 1st Floor Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 370-5113
DeKalb North PO 2187 Northlake, #9 Room23 Tucker, GA 30084 (770) 414-3670
DeKalb Special Supervision Unit 547 Church Street 2nd Floor Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 370-5114
Donalsonville PO P. 0. Box245 Donalsonville, GA 31 745 (912) 524-2836
Douglas PO P. 0. Box 1051 Douglas, GA 31534 (912) 389-4431
Douglasville PO 6705 E. Church Street Suite 1 Douglasville, GA 30 134 (770) 489-3070
Dublin PO P. 0. Box 2012, CSS Dublin, GA 31 040 (912) 275-6637
Eastman PO P. 0. Box 4234 Eastman, GA 31 023 (912) 374-8141
Eatonton PO P. 0. Box 4223 Eatonton, GA 31 024 (706) 485-5304
Elberton PO P. 0. Drawer 725 Elberton, GA 30635 (706) 213-2032

Ellijay PO 205 Craig Street Suite 2 East Ellijay, GA 30539 (706) 635-5125
Fayetteville PO 135-A Bradford Square Fayetteville, GA 30215 (770) 460-2730
Fitzgerald PO P. 0. Box 1168 Fitzgerald, GA 31 750 (912) 423-8706
Fort Valley PO P. 0. Box 754 Fort Valley, GA 31030 (912) 825-3136
Gainesville PO P. 0. Box 2436 Gainesville, GA 30503 (770) 535-5710
Gray PO P. 0. Box 753 Gray, GA 31032 (912) 986-6611
Greensboro PO P. 0. Box282 Greensboro, GA 30642 (706) 453-7131
Greenville PO P. 0. Box582 Greenville, GA 30222 (706) 672-4971
Griffin PO 1435 N. Expressway Suite 302 Griffin, GA 30224 (770) 229-3132
Hartwell PO P. 0. Box 715 Hartwell, GA 30643 (706) 376-7161
Hazelhurst PO P. 0. Box 1066 Hazelhurst, GA 31539 (912) 375-4441
Hinesville PO P. 0. Box94 Hinesville, GA 3131 0 (912) 370-2571

Homer PO P. 0. Box426 Homer, GA 30547 (706) 677-2320 ext. 284
Homerville PO 1 10 Court Square Homerville, GA 31634 (912) 487-2777
Jackson PO 45 Keys Ferry Street McDonough, GA 30253 (770) 504-2241
Jasper PO 37 Court Street Jasper, GA 30 143 (706) 692-4805
Jesup PO P. 0. Box272 Jesup, GA 31545 (912) 427-5894
Jonesboro PO I 2nd Floor Annex Courthouse Jonesboro, GA 30236 (770) 477-3426
Jonesboro PO 2 2nd Floor Annex Courthouse Jonesboro, GA 30236 (770) 473-2454
LaFayette PO 1 14 East Patton Street Lafayette, GA 30728 (706) 638-5531
LaGrange PO Rear 206 Ridley Ave. LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 845-4125
Lakeland PO P. 0. Box366 Lakeland, GA 31635 (912) 482-3303
Lawrenceville PO P. 0. Box 1305 Lawrenceville, GA 30246 (770) 339-2222

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Lawrenceville P02 595 Old Norcross Rd. SuiteD Lawrenceville, GA 30246 (770) 339-5I20
Louisville PO P. 0. Box 706 Louisville, GA 30434 (912) 625-3648
Lyons PO P. 0. Box658 Lyons, GA 30436 (9I2) 526-831I
Macon PO 200 Third Street Macon, GA 3I202 (912) 751-6092
Marietta PO P. 0. Box 9IO Marietta, GA 3006 I (770) 528-7950
McDonough PO 45 Keys Ferry Street McDonough, GA 30253 (770) 954-2004
Milledgeville PO P. 0. Box I808 Milledgeville, GA 3 I 06I (912) 453-4468
Millen PO P. 0. Box486 Millen, GA 30442 (9I2) 982-2050
Monroe PO P. 0. Box 129 Monroe, GA 30655 (770) 267-1347
Monticello PO 162 Warren Street Monticello, GA 31064 (706) 468-4920
Morgan PO P. 0. Box I43 Morgan, GA 31766 (912) 849-3795
Moultrie PO P. 0. Box I214 Moultrie, GA 31 776 (912) 891-7270

McRae PO P. 0. Box I5I McRae, GA 3I 055 (9I2) 868-3200
Nashville PO I 1 I South David Street Nashville, GA 3I639 (9I2) 686-9329
Newnan PO 5 I-B Perry Street Newnan, GA 30263 (770) 254-7204
Oglethorpe PO P. 0. Box372 Oglethorpe, GA 3I 068 (912)472-823I
Pembroke PO P. 0. Box 765 Pembroke, GA 31321 (9I2) 653-4730
Perry PO I 0 10 Ball Street Perry, GA 3I 069 (9I2) 987-2650
Quitman PO P. 0. Box488 Quitman, GA 3I643 (9I2)263-7446
Reidsville PO P. 0. Box636 Reidsville, GA 30453 (9I2) 557-7095
Ringgold PO Catoosa County Courthouse Room 240 Ringgold, GA 30736 (706)86I-I937
Rome PO 400 Broad Street Suite 100 Rome, GA3016I (706) 295-6323
Sandersville PO P. 0. Box IOI5 Sandersville, GA 3I 082 (9I2) 552-2686

Savannah PO P. 0. Box 9504 Savannah, GA 3I4I2 (9I2) 65I-2204
Soperton PO P. 0. Box262 Soperton, GA 30457 (9I2) 529-6283
Springfield PO P. 0. Box802 Springfield, GA 3I329 (9I2) 754-3257
Statesboro PO P. 0. Box238 Statesboro, GA 30459 (9I2) 87I-I1I9
Swainsboro PO P. 0. DrawerS Swainsboro, GA 30401 (9I2) 237-4331
Sylvania PO 655 Frontage Rd, East Sylvania, GA 30467 (9I2) 564-7382
Sylvester PO 201 North Main Street Room2I Sylvester, GA 3I 79I (912) 776-82I5
Thomaston PO I I3-B East County Road Thomaston, GA 30286 (706) 646-6000
Thomasville PO P. 0. Box 1602 Thomasville, GA 3I 792 (912) 225-4021
Thomson PO P. 0. Box337 Thomson, GA 30824 (706) 595-7404
Tifton PO P. 0. Box 2006 Tifton, GA 3I 793 (9I2) 386-3503
Toccoa PO P. 0. Box236 Toccoa, GA 30577 (706) 282-4570

Valdosta PO P. 0. Box6 Valdosta, GA 3I603 (9I2) 333-5274
Warner Robins PO 281-D Carl Vinson Pkwy. Warner Robins, GA3I 088 (9I2) 929-6832
Washington PO P. 0. Box867 Washington, GA 30673 (706) 678-2373
Watkinsville PO P. 0. Box 92 Watkinsville, GA 30677 (706) 769-3959
Waycross PO P. 0. Box819 Waycross, GA 31502 (9I2) 287-6536
Waynesboro PO P. 0. Box89 Waynesboro, GA 30830 (706) 554-4145
Winder PO P. 0. Box I90 Winder, GA 30680 (770) 307-3065
Woodbine PO P. 0. Box 4I9 Woodbine, GA 3I569 (9I2) 5 76-5998

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APPENDIX: GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY OF CORRECTIONS TERMS

CLASSIFICATION

funds. In Georgia, the fiscal year supervising offenders released

Upon receiving the diag-

runs from July 1 of one year to

to the community on probation

nostic results, the inmate is

June 30 of the next year.

sentences.

classified at a particular security

level and transferred to an appropriate prison.

INMATE
A person sentenced to

PROBATIONER
A person sentenced to

incarceration.

supervision in the community

CoNCURRENT

under the direction of a proba-

Two or more sentences running at the same time.

INTERSTATE COMPACT
An agreement between Georgia and the other states to

tion officer, or a person sentenced to a term in a community-based probation center.

CoNSECUTIVE

provide proper supervision for

Two or more sentences

probationers and parolees

RECIDIVISM

running one after the other.

sentenced in one state and

The study of the percent-

residing in another state. Geor-

age of offenders who return to

CoRRECTIONAL OFFICER
A trained criminal justice professional who supervises inmates in prisons and probationers sentenced to commu-

gia has been a member of the Compact since 1950.
MAx OuT DATE
The date at which an

prison during a specified period of time. In Georgia, the average return-to-prison rate is 39 percent over a three-year period.

nity-based facilities.

inmate reaches the end of his

court-imposed sentence. Also,

RESTITUTION

CouNTY CoRRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

Maximum Release Date.

Payment made by the offender to the crime victim.

Operated by the county,

PAROLE

these work camps house some

The release of an offender

STATE PRISON

state prisoners. Georgia pays

from confinement under continu-

Operated by the state, state

the county a daily rate of $12.50 ing state custody and supervi-

prisons house the violent

per state inmate.

sion and under conditions

offender who can be housed

which, if violated, permit

nowhere else, or the nonviolent

DIAGNOSTIC
Upon entering the system,

reimprisonment.

offender who has exhausted all alternative forms of punishment.

inmates are screened for physi-

PRISON

cal and mental health, security risk, education and other background information.

State and county correctional institutions house inmates.

TENTATIVE PAROLE MONTH
The date chosen by the State Board of Pardons and

Paroles to grant release to an

EARNED TIME

PROBATION

inmate dependent on satisfac-

A Georgia law (repealed in

A court-imposed sentence

tory prison behavior and other

1984) whereby inmates were

either suspending incarceration factors, such as new information

credited with an extra day of

and instead imposing commu-

or protests, which may lead the

prison service for each day

nity supervision or housing an

Parole Board to reconsider its

served with good behavior. It

offender in a community-based

decision.

enabled many inmates to

probation center.

discharge from prison after serving 1/ 2 of their sentences.

PROBATION OFFICER
A POST-certified law en-

UNDER DEATH SENTENCE
An inmate on death row, at the Georgia Diagnostic and

FISCAL YEAR (FY)

forcement professional is

Classification Prison, is serving

A 12-month period for

responsible for enforcing the

a sentence punishable by death

which an agency plans to use its orders of the courts while

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