Fiscal year 2007 annual report

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2007 Annual Report

"Work is a learned behavior...."

From "Good to Great" in a Best Managed State

Wayne Dasher
Chairman, Board of Corrections

Sonny Perdue
Governor

James E. Donald
Commissioner

Printed by Georgia Correctional Industries

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mission/Vision/Core Values The Executive Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Building Greatness to Last . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Re-Entry/Alternative Sentencing Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Board of Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 From The Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 The Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Organizational Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Commissioner's Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Executive Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Office of Investigations and Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Operations, Planning, and Training Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Planning and Strategic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Risk Reduction Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Fleet Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Office of Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Chaplaincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Volunteer Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Re-entry Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Faith and Character-Based Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Prison Industries Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Engineering and Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Communications Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Fire Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Corrections Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Corrections Continuum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Special Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Facility Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Death Penalty Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Probation Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Food and Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Georgia Correctional Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Administration Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 FY2007 Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 6-Year Budget History/Health Cares Cost (with 2008 Projections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Corrections Facilities Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Active Inmate Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Inmate Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Inmate Admissions/Departures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Inmates by County of Conviction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 FAQ's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
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MISSION/VISION

MISSION The Georgia Department of Corrections protects and serves the public as a professional organization by effectively managing offenders while helping to provide a safe and secure environment for the citizens of Georgia.
VISION The Georgia Department of Corrections is the best corrections system in the nation at protecting citizens from convicted offenders and at providing effective opportunities for offenders to achieve positive change. We are a leader and partner in making Georgia a safer, healthier, better educated, growing, and best managed state. We accomplish this by:

Ensuring public safety
Operating safe and secure facilities
Providing effective community supervision
of offenders
Creating opportunities for the restoration
of offenders

Ensuring the rights of victims
Partnering with public, private and faith-based
organizations
Sustaining core values of Loyalty, Duty, Respect,
Selfless Service
Ensuring the well being of employees and
their families

CORE VALUES Loyalty. Bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Georgia, the GDC, and other employees.
Duty. Fulfill your obligations.
Respect. Treat people as they should be treated.
Selfless Service. Put the welfare of the Public, the GDC, and other employees before your own.
Honor. Live up to all the GDC values.
Integrity. Do what's right--legally and morally.
Personal Courage. Face fear, danger, or adversity (physical or moral).

MISSION/ VISION 1

BUILDING GRE
We are pleased to submit the Department of Corrections' annual report for Fiscal Year 2007. "Good to Great in a Best Managed State" is the theme for this annual report. In the spirit of Jim Collins' best selling book, GDCs' annual report for the 2006-2007 year shows our progress toward our goal of going from a good to great organization as we fulfill our mission of protecting and serving the public. We support Governor Perdue's vision of making Georgia a safer, healthier, better educated, growing and best managed state. Our agenda is clear. Public safety is non-negotiable as we strive to oversee more than 60,000 felons in correctional facilities and more than 142,000 probationers under our supervision. In 2006 Georgia had the fastest growth rate among large prison systems in the country according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report. Twenty-one thousand offenders entered our system and some 18,000 inmates completed their sentences and returned to the community. Many of them are repeat offenders. Georgia is ranked ninth nationally in population but has the fifth largest prison population. Nationally, one in 31 adults is under some form of supervision on probation or parole or in prison or jail. Incredibly, one of every 15 adults in Georgia is under supervision today. Therein lies our challenge to ensure that we provide the citizens of this state an
uncompromised level of public safety while we take steps to address the increasing size of our offender population, largely due to recidivism.
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ATNESS TO LAST
We have shown over the years that we cannot build our way out of this increasing population crisis. We need to clearly determine who we are afraid of (violent repeat offenders) and who we're simply mad at (nonviolent, property and drug offenders) and provide the court with effective alternatives to prison. We have already begun taking steps to fight recidivism and promote more effective offender reentry programming across our inmate and probationer populations. We're doing what research says should be done. We're moving beyond solely brick and mortar solutions to crime and expanding our re-entry initiatives starting with the first day an offender enters our custody or supervision. We must seek alternatives such as Day Reporting Centers for those we're mad at to help flatten the growth of the prison population.
Considering the 200,000 - plus felons supervised and its 15,000 employees, if the Department of Corrections was a city in Georgia it would be the second largest only to Atlanta. GDC Commissioner Donald Finally, in his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins contends that "good is the enemy of great." We are not just satisfied with being good. Indeed, we want to be a great organization. Great people will continue to be the centerpiece of this effort. Our team of nearly 15,000 Corrections' professionals rises above the demands of our industry every day to achieve our mission building on a proven track record of solid stewardship and integrity in the largest law enforcement agency in the state. We look forward to the challenges ahead as stewards of the public trust. Build an organization that can adapt through multiple generations of leaders.
...catalytic mechanisms to stimulate progress, rather than acting as a charismatic force of personality to drive progress.
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Our mission in the Georgia Department of Corrections is to protect and serve the public as a professional organization by effectively managing offenders while helping to provide a safe and secure environment for the citizens of Georgia.
Historically, in the nation and in Georgia, over 65 percent of felons commit additional crimes and return to prison in their lifetime. This is unacceptable.
"We will not compromise public safety."
Commissioner James E. Donald
We must do more to fight recidivism.
Supporting our core mission to protect and serve, it is our obligation to make sure we use "best practices" for directing Re-Entry Initiatives that will transform the way Georgia's inmate populations are trained and prepared to transition back into society upon release.
Re-Entry begins when offenders initially enter our system. The GDC Offender Re-Entry Model, to the right, depicts our strategy for ensuring we provide effective opportunities for the rehabilitation, restitution and restoration of offenders before they return to the greater community.
We begin in the Diagnostic Process (1), by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the needs and security risks of every offender entering our prison system.
The assessment results drive our classification of inmates and their assignments to prison facilities (2) and risk reduction programs, which include cognitive behavior, substance abuse education, GED and vocational classes, and our Faith and Character-based programs.
GDC also has expanded its Re-Entry initiatives beyond the traditional prison setting with the addition of seven new Pre-Release Centers (3) across the state.
Pre-Release Centers are a new concept in Georgia. They are designed to give offenders additional work experience, cognitive skill, vocational and AA/NA treatment programs prior to release. Inmates are selected within two to three years of their scheduled release.
Sentence and classification dependent, most inmates will go through transition/work release centers(4) prior to going home. Increasingly most returning exoffenders transition via probation or parole (5).
Re-Entry initiatives provide effective opportunities for offenders entering community supervision to achieve positive change and to become productive members of society(6).
"Work is a learned behavior"
Commissioner James E. Donald

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ENSURING SECURITY

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RACTICES
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The state is providing courts with new options for managing offenders in order to ensure security and optimize "best practices" in the field of criminal justice. Prison is often considered the final stop in the administration of justice.
A new assessment tool called COMPAS(1) is being
fielded throughout the state. COMPAS, an automated risk assessment instrument, identifies an offender's risk to re-offend, as well as the offender's crimeproducing needs and behaviors. We know that offenders will assess between the ranges of low risk to high risk. This instrument is very helpful in driving offender placement into evidence-based interventions.

There are a number of alternative sentencing options

the court may impose when a person is convicted of

a crime, to include local and county alternatives. An

option the court has in most cases is probation.

Probations

New legislation was passed

Options to allow for an innovative

program

Management to be

implemented.

The Georgia General Assembly enacted the Probation Management Act (HB-1161) in 2004.(2)
This Act, referred to as Probation Options Management (POM), authorizes the GDC to establish an administrative process to sanction probation violators without judicial amendment to the original court order. The judge sets the sanctioning cap providing for swift, certain and proportionate sanctions to violations of probation as an alternative to returning offenders to the sentencing court for sanctioning.(3)
Most experts say that criminal behavior is overcome through social learning and opportunities to model pro-social behavior. Social learning may vary in fre-
...swift, certain and proportionate sanctions to violators.
quency, duration, priority and intensity. The bonds that occur earlier (priority), last longer and occupy more of one's time (duration), take place most often (frequency), and involve others with whom one has the more important or closer relationship (intensity) will have the greater effect on behavior. Depending on the judgment of the court and the type of offense, the best practice is to employ sanctions that do not interrupt social learning/bonding/opportunities and provide interventions that create more opportunities.
In the event the offender refuses to participate in the opportunities, the court retains the option to send them to prison.(4)

THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
The Board of Corrections is composed of 18 members, one from each congressional district in the state and five at large members. The Governor appoints all members,subject to the consent of the State Senate, to staggered five-year terms.
The Board develops rules governing the conduct and welfare of employees under its authority; the assignment, housing, feeding, clothing, treatment, discipline, rehabilitation, training and hospitalization of all inmates under its custody; and all probationers sentenced to its supervision.
The members serve on the following committees: Education, Operations, Probation, Facilities, Nominating.The Board of Corrections is a policy-making statutory board and has legal status only as a board. The operation and management of the GDC institutions, facilities, and probation system are the responsibility of the Commissioner.

MEMBERS OF THE 2007 BOARD OF CORRECTIONS

First District Tommy M. Rouse Waycross, Georgia

Fifth District Vacant

Ninth District Kristopher B. Nordholz Gainesville, Georgia

Thirteenth District Avery Tom Salter Jonesboro, Georgia

Second District

Sixth District

Sheriff R. Carlton Powell Sheriff Roger Garrison

Thomasville, Georgia

Canton, Georgia

Third District Bruce Hudson Douglasville, Georgia

Seventh District Larry Wynn Duluth, Georgia

Fourth District Carl L. Franklin Dunwoody, Georgia

Eighth District William S. Acuff Moultrie, Georgia

Tenth District Robert E. Jones Madison, Georgia
Eleventh District John Mayes Rome, Georgia
Twelfth District Wayne Dasher, Chairman Glennville, Georgia

Members at Large Charles D. Hudson
LaGrange, Georgia
Bill Jackson
Augusta, Georgia
Cecil Nobles
Ludowici, Georgia
William C. Massee, Jr.
Millegeville, Georgia

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FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Fiscal Year 2007 has been an extraordinary year! The number of offenders sentenced to state custody eclipsed the 60,000 mark. Twenty-one thousand inmates entered our system while 18,000 completed their sentences and returned to the community, making Georgia the fastest growing large prison population in the nation. Much of this growth is attributable to the fact that Georgia is the now the fourth fastest growing State in the nation. Georgia's laws and parole policies continue to be some of the toughest in the country.
Despite the challenges of this unprecedented growth, we are proud of the great work that our 15,000 dedicated State employees are doing. They are truly "unsung heroes!" These dedicated men and women work tirelessly inside our prisons and on the streets of Georgia quietly going about their business of protecting and serving the public by supervising over 200,000 felons including probationers. They have accomplished this while holding down the costs of incarceration. While the number of offenders incarcerated grew by 25% in the last five years, the budget grew by only 19%.
Our investment in ex-offender programming has also paid dividends. The "three-year" recidivism rates at which ex-offenders re-offend is down significantly over the last 15 years from 37% to 28% at the end of '07. This provides our greatest reason for optimism and confirms that our commitment to "researchbased" programming is working. While we continue to support traditional programs that address criminal thinking, drug addiction and vocational and educational deficits, we are more and more embracing opportunities to work inmates in order to create a `work ethic.' Research also indicates that providing ex-offenders opportunities for "meaningful work and a suitable place to live" are keys to their successful rehabilitation. To this end, we have doubled the number of beds for transition and work release programs. Over 400 new beds were added in '07 for jobs in the poultry industry. This is good news because nearly half of the money earned by residents in this program went to pay taxes, residence fees, child support, fines, and victims' restitution. The remaining amounts accrued to ex-offenders so they can rent a place to stay when they return home.
The Department continued to leverage other non-paying work programs during the fiscal year with similar efficiency including those in Georgia Correctional Industries, Farming operations, Probation Detention Centers, County Camps, and Pre-Release Centers. Thirty-three Engineer Construction Crews and 23 Fire Departments round out the work opportunities for ex-offenders.
As we look to the future, our priorities are pay increases for our dedicated employees; new prison beds to meet demands; containing the spiraling costs of providing a "constitutional level" of health care for offender population; and resources to complete the Headquarters move to Tift College in Forsyth, Ga. We encourage you to read what we have accomplished in the chapters that follow in this Annual Report. Indeed, we will continue to build on the momentum that we have created as we strive to be the best stewards for the public's resources.
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THE AGENCY
Executive Office The Commissioner is responsible for the overall supervision of the agency's management and operations. The Assistant Commissioner, the Division Directors, Executive Assistant, Board Liaison, Legislative Services, Public Affairs, Legal Office, Information Technology, Georgia Correctional Industries, and Engineering & Inmate Construction report to the Commissioner's Office. The Assistant Commissioner oversees the daily operation of the agency. Administration Division The Administration Division is responsible for the financial and budget services policies and systems impacting the infrastructure of the agency, which is valued at approximately $2.3 billion. Corrections Division-Facilities Facilities is responsible for managing Georgia's inmate population which includes the operation of all correctional facilities; and the care and custody of all state prison inmates. Facilities also oversees those state offenders who are incarcerated in county camps and private prisons, and offenders housed in probation facilities. Corrections Division-Probation Probation provides community supervision and services to over 142,000 probationers sentenced by the courts of Georgia's 49 judicial circuits. Operations, Planning, & Training Division The Operations, Planning, and Training Division was created by Commissioner Donald with the primary purpose of overseeing the implementation of the Transformation Campaign Plan and synchronizing the department's efforts toward the Transformation Campaign Plan. Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI) GCI is a self-sustained operation supported by revenue generated from the manufacture and sale of its products and services. Over 1,800 inmates work each day in its prison plants, which include optics, carpentry, chemicals, metal fabrication, screen printing, upholstery, and garment production.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Governor Sonny Perdue

Board of Corrections
Commisioner James E. Donald

Commisioner On Family Violence Kirsten Rambo

Assistant Commisioner/Chief Of Staff Brian Owens

Executive Assistant Ed Strempel

Confidential Secretary Diane Avery

Strategic Initiative Implementation Patricia Smith

Admin Asst/Board Liaison Laura Jones

Public Information Yolanda Thompson

Legislative Liaison Misty Holcomb

Legal Services Bill Amideo

Personnel Cindy Schweiger

Investigations & Compliance Tom Sittnick

GA Correctional Industries Jerry Watson

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Harris Hodges, Division Director Scott Poitevint, Deputy Div.Director
Accounting Payroll Budget Services Care & Custody Contract Administration Fiscal Audits Risk Management Property Audits Purchasing Privatization & Business Enhancement

CORRECTIONS DIVISION
Arnie DePetro, Division Director Michael Nail, Deputy Div. Director Derrick Schofield, Director, Facilities Stan Cooper, Director, Probation Rick Jacobs, Director, Special Opns
Prisons (State, County & Private) Transition Centers Probation Detention Centers Diversion Centers Inmate Boot Camps Probation Supervision Day Report Centers Court Services Food & Farm Services Special Operations

OPERATIONS, PLANNING & TRAINING DIVISION
Arnold Smith, Division Director Tim Willians, Deputy Div. Director
Planning & Strategic Management Training Risk Reduction Services Health Services Engineering & Construction Services Information Technology Communications Center Safety Officer Fire Services Chaplaincy Fleet Management Reentry Prison Industries Enhancement (PIE)

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COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
Brian Owens Assistant Commissioner The Assistant Commissioner serves as the Commissioner's appointed deputy, functioning as second in command of the department. The Assistant Commissioner assumes responsibility for the overall administration and operation of the agency in the Commissioner's absence or as directed by the Commissioner.
Ed Strempel Executive Assistant The Executive Assistant provides direct support to the Commissioner and is responsible for overseeing diverse Corrections initiatives across agency divisions, state and federal research projects and plays a lead role in collaborative efforts with community partners.
Patricia Smith Director, Strategic Initiative Implementation The Director of Strategic Initiatives Implementation serves as a single point of contact to monitor and oversee the synchronization and implementation of the Department's strategic initiatives. These initiatives include GDC training, headquarters relocation, outsourcing initiatives, Medical and IT Transformation. The Director of Strategic Initiatives Implementation coordinates and identifies the Top 10 Areas of Special Interest Initiatives.
Diane Avery Confidential Secretary The Confidential Secretary is the secretary and personal assistant to the Commissioner, handling departmental matters of a confidential, sensitive and policy-making nature.
Laura Jones Board Liaison The Board Liaison provides administrative support and coordination for the 18 members of the Board of Corrections. The liaison also performs a variety of clerical, office management and advanced secretarial duties in support of management staff.
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EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Cathy Lee Secretary 2 The secretary for the Executive Office performs a variety of clerical, office management and advanced secretarial duties in support of management staff.
Misty Holcomb Liaison The Legislative Liaison is the primary point of contact for members of the General Assembly and is responsible for handling constituent requests, problem resolution, and coordination of legislative visits to GDC Facilities. Additional duties include research and development of potential legislation, monitoring legislation introduced by others and informing the members of the General Assembly of special events or major changes within the department.
Yolanda Thompson Director The Office of Public Affairs is the agency's point of contact with the public and media for inquiries about the agency. The office oversees media relations, press conferences, community partnership initiatives, community forums, prison tours, multi-media presentations and the Choose Freedom campaign. The office responds to the public's requests for information via email and maintains the GDC website.
William "Bill" Amideo Director The Legal Office provides a variety of services in representing the legal interests of the Department. The attorneys working within the Legal Office advise the Commissioner, executive staff, and other employees of their legal rights and responsibilities in the development and implementation of agency polices and procedure. The Legal Office also represents the Department's interests in administrative appeals relating to employee discipline and oversees the Department's procurement and contracting functions. The Legal Office works closely with the Attorney General's Office in representing the Department before state and federal courts. The Legal Office is also responsible for responding to all requests for information that are received pursuant to the Open Records Act.
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Central Personnel Administration, the primary human resources office in the depart-
ment, is responsible for all human resource functions within the department. From
recruitment to retirement, Central Personnel helps every employee with any personnel-
related issue.

Central Personnel provides assistance to management in interpretation and application of human resources law, policies, and procedures. We do this not just for compliance, but because it makes good business sense.

PERSONNEL

Cindy Schweiger Director

Where Do Our Employees Work? As of June 30, 2007, the department employed 14,006 full-time employees. Of these, 13,388 (95% of the work force) work in the Corrections Division, where they are responsible for direct offender supervision.

Corrections 85%

Executive Operations 8%

The 14,006 full-time employees of the

Georgia Department of Corrections are

its most valuable resource. Central

Personnel Administration provides support to these individuals by developing, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and

Administration 1%

Operations, Planning & Training 6%

administering personnel functions, department-wide. It provides oversight, consultation, technical assis-

tance, and policy direction for correctional facilities, probation offices, and the various departmental units

located across the state, which are charged with carrying out personnel functions at the local level. Major

personnel functions include:

Applicant Recruitment Applicant Testing/Screening Benefits Critical Incident Debriefings EEO/Diversity Employee Support Services Employee and Applicant Drug Testing Employee Recognition Fair Labor Standards Act Administration Family and Medical Leave Act Administration Grievances Human Resources Policy Development

Job Evaluation/Compensation Performance Management Program Personnel Data Management Records Management Reprimand Reviews Return-to-Work Program Salary Guidelines Development Selection and Promotion Guidelines Transactions Workplace Harassment Workforce Planning

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Staff Growth vs. Prisoner Population Increase Staff numbers shrink relative to prisoner population Fiscal restraints introduced in FY2002 are still present FY2007. Staffing numbers are lower today than they were in 1999, even though the prisoner population has increased by 14,337 prisoners, or 36%. These trends can be seen in the chart and table below.

FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007

GDC Employees 14601 14447 14791 14430 14513 14096 13739 14587 14006

GDC Prisoners 39326 41949 44022 46937 47175 48530 47921 52232 53663

Support of the Troops The department currently has nearly 500 employees who are members of the National Guard and Reserves. Of these, GDC averaged 90 employees monthly serving active duty. We are extremely proud of these employees and annually award a selected employee in honor of Officer Bobby Franklin and Sergeant Philip Dodson who made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country.
GDC was honored this year by receiving the GA "Pro Patria" Employer Award as one of the largest employers of Reserve and National Guard Service men and women. GDC was one of two employers, statewide, to receive this prestigious honor.
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Pay Initiatives In FY2007, the department introduced several new pay initiatives and refined several older ones. Each was instrumental in helping the department recruit and retain employees in critical jobs. On January 1, 2007 employees received variable pay increases that were based on their position within the pay structure. The focus was on moving employees more towards market pay. For recruitment, the department recognized the value of military experience by granting a higher starting pay rate of up to 10% based on the number of years of military experience an applicant had. Entry salary for Probation Officer was raised to $30,027.36 to make it equivalent to salaries offered by other agencies. Staff who works in security jobs in metro Atlanta or at Georgia State Prison is eligible for a 10% salary supplement. The agency also addressed its need for those who speak fluent Spanish. A 10% supplement for bilingual skills is now offered. To recognize skills attained during the first year of employment, the department granted 10% increases to Correctional Officers at the end of 12 months, instead of eighteen months. Current employees who are promoted now receive a 10% salary increase, as do Probation Officers who supervise sex offenders. To retain experienced staff, a leadership salary supplements was created for Superintendents in preparation for further career growth. Employees who pursued postgraduate degrees were given a bonus equivalent to 5% of their salary. Recognition of support staff was also a priority, when the department granted Meritorious salary increases to selected non-security staff.
Personnel Records During this year the SCRIBE Personnel Document Imaging (PDI) system was implemented, replacing an antiquated Keyfile personnel file system. While Keyfile allowed the scanning of paper to computerized form the SCRIBE Personnel Document Imaging system (PDI) allows for further categorization of personnel documents into subsections. The implementation of this system creates a GDC cost saving as there is no contract maintenance and software upgrades issues. The imaging system runs on an internal internet based network and there is no storage of masses of paper files.
Serving the less fortunate Charitable Contributions Program Georgia's 2007 Charitable Contributions Program selected our very own Commissioner Donald as the General Campaign Chair for the Statewide program. Setting aside personal trials and tribulations employees donated a record-setting $2.6m. GDC contributions totaled $77,000 which was also record-setting for our agency and a 9% increase.
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Recruitment 7055 Correctional Officer applicants tested during FY2007. Thirty-six (36) college technical school, military and Department of Labors Job/Career Fairs were attended across the Southeast. Significant enhancements were made to the agencies recruitment promotional materials such as new brochures, posters, bumper stickers, a "wrapped" vehicle to serve as a moving billboard, and a television commercial were produced.
The design and pilot phase of the new website GDCJobs.com came to life during this Fiscal Year. The website was unveiled at the Personnel Conference in September 2006 and volunteer facilities were solicited to serve as a pilot site. The automated user-friendly website was to go live during FY 2008.
Retention In an effort to focus on employees, volunteers, partner agencies, corporate partners and faith-based organizations and recognize their contributions and accomplishments, quarterly and annual awards ceremonies were hosted. These events combined with Public Employee Recognition Week, scheduled Team-building activities, the agency Health and Wellness program, etc. combined to ensure attention to our most valuable resource -our employees and community supporters.
Perhaps one of the most important awards delivered this year was the Customer Service Spirit Award. It is given quarterly to individuals who demonstrate the qualities promoted by Governor Perdue's Customer Service Program.
Health & Wellness The department continues a robust health and wellness program supporting the Governor's "Healthier Georgia" initiative. Each facility has its own coordinator who has set up a local program and serves as a conduit for health information. The health and wellness program provides opportunities for all employees to increase their personal health and wellness awareness thereby enabling them to make healthy lifestyle choices. These opportunities include:
All Correctional Officer Cadets and Probation Officer Cadets are instructed at BCOT and BPOT regarding the importance of health, wellness and physical fitness.
Health Fairs were conducted at 47 sites in the field in including Central Office. Full, comprehensive blood work was made available to all interested employees.
Monthly Health"E" newsletters were created and distributed to all GDC employees providing information relating to physical, mental, and occupational wellness.
Lunch and Learn sessions were conducted and included topics such as diabetes education, nutrition, breast cancer awareness and proper footwear for exercise.
Multiple fitness events were held including; bi-annual fitness walk, fitness extravaganza and participation as part of the state agency team at the Kaiser Permanente Run/Walk Corporate Challenge.
Other fitness activities include weight loss competition and challenges, line dancing, walking tracks, aerobics and Tai Chi classes, using fitness equipment and walking groups.
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Compliance & Audits In order to maintain compliance and ensure accuracy, Personnel has continued to participate in the Agency's Comprehensive Audit Function. These facility audits ensure that our personnel representatives in the field have the appropriate knowledge and understanding to administer the FLSA according to state and federal regulations. Since the implementation of the process in March 2006, Personnel has completed 31 FLSA audits at 27 of our state prisons. The unit also audits Central Office units and other field sites. Personnel have also continued a program of training new mangers and responding to on-demand requests for training as required. Employee Support In keeping with the goal of Employee Support unit, all employees retained the ability to access the services of the unit. We understand the need for timely response to problems that can occur, sometimes suddenly, in the correctional workplace and always put forth extensive and dedicated effort to assist in any way possible. During FY2007, this unit processed numerous adverse action appeals, grievances, letters of reprimands, and EEO complaints. Thanks to the volunteers within the Department of Corrections, we were able to add approximately 14 new Reprimand Reviewers to assist the unit in reviewing reprimands. EAP/CID (Employee Assistance Program/Critical Incident Debriefing) training was conducted throughout the year. These two assistance programs are especially successful and used extensively by employees. Headquarters Relocation As the department plans for the FY2009 relocation of headquarters from downtown Atlanta to Forsyth in central Georgia, Personnel plays a vital role. Staff has been designated to collect information on opportunities available to employees who choose to move. They provide assistance to employees so they can make an informed decision on whether to relocate. For those who cannot relocate, information on other jobs in state government is available. To ensure a smooth transition to our new location, staff is busy recruiting individuals who are able to work in Forsyth when relocation occurs.
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Overtime for Heroes While the agency continued to manage its overtime resources, human resources ensured prompt and accurate payments of earned overtime to our employees who served their fellow Georgians during the aftermath of the Americus tornado disaster and the Ware County fires. These employees gave of themselves and made heroic efforts during these difficult times. GDC supported Homeland Security in protecting the citizens of Georgia.GDC staff and inmates provided major assistance supporting the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and local governments in their disaster recovery operations. On March 1, 2007 immediately after the tornados struck across Georgia four GDC Fire Crews, 8 staff and 26 inmate fire fighters, were deployed among the first responders in Sumter, Crawford, Lee, and Mitchell Counties. GDC Fire Crews are key first responder assets in many of Georgia's rural counties. Additionally Sumter County Correctional Institute responded with over 100 inmates and staff to begin debris clean up in Americus-Sumter County and the Americus Probation Office Staff begin providing security at the Red Cross triage facility, 1st Baptist Church.
The main effort of GDC support to the Americus-Sumter County community lasted from March 4 through March 20 with over 200 GDC staff and 250 state inmates volunteering to help with safety, security, debris removal and reconstruction efforts in the affected area. The average daily onsite presence by the GDC was approximately 100 staff members and 200 inmates. Estimated cost avoidance to local governments for labor, equipment, and logistics provided by GDC was over $700,000.
On April 16, 2007, as the result of a fallen power line, the largest wildfire in the history of the State of Georgia began on the Sweat Family Farm in Ware County. That same evening, a request was made to send all available Department of Corrections fire resources to Ware County to assist with the protection of structures and with suppression of the fire. Eventually the fire and other fires in the Southeastern part of Georgia would consume over 400,000 acres. Corrections staff and inmate crews worked directly with local law enforcement and personnel from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, the Georgia Forestry Commission and the National Forestry Commission.
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With the ever growing inmate population and the inherent risks associated with that
environment, the Office of Investigations and Compliance was reorganized. The Office of
Investigations and Compliance is responsible for gathering information, examining opera-
tions, enforcing departmental standards and laws through audits and investigations.

Tom Sittnick Director

The Office consists of five units: Internal Investigations Unit, Inmate Affairs/Ombudsman Unit, Intelligence Unit, Compliance Unit, and the Fugitive Unit. Acting as the Commissioner's eyes and ears and the Department's Standard Bearer, it has gained national recognition as a premier investigative, intelligence, and audit body.

INVESTIGATIONS & COMPLIANCE

We now have the ability to efficiently and effectively, coordinate, collaborate, assimilate, and disseminate information, findings, and intelligence to the leadership and staff of the Department of Corrections, as well external local, state, and federal entities and agencies.

Office of Investigations and Compliance
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

GISAC Jan Roulain

Director Tom Sittnick

HIDTA Felipe Brown

Internal Investigations
Sarah Draper

Compliance/ Audits
George Smith

SIC 5 Investigators
SIC 5 Investigators

SIC 5 Investigators
SIC 5 Investigators

SIC 5 Investigators

Inmate Affairs & Appeals/Ombudsman
Shevondah Fields

SIC 5 Investigators
SIC 3 Investigators

SIC 3 Investigators
3 Omsbudsman Analyst

Intelligence Raymond Head

Fugitive Squad Ricky Myrick

SIC 2 Investigators
3 Analysts STG Coordinator

3 SIC 6 Investigators

Being the Best We accomplish this by recruiting the best, most qualified for the job, promoting quality education and training, optimizing information technology and integrating it into all of our systems and processes and applying state of the art equipment focused on comprehensive, multi-agency intra/inter network focused collaboration, communication, and cooperation. The results are unbiased and uncompromising and reflect the highest professional standard.

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The Internal Investigations Unit is responsible for enforcing departmental standards and laws. They conduct timely and comprehensive criminal and administrative investigations, collaborating as necessary with appropriate law enforcement agencies, providing results to senior leadership, and when appropriate, sharing data and information with the Intelligence Unit for tracking trends and indicators within the facilities. The Intelligence Unit is responsible for collecting, analyzing information and disseminating relevant intelligence directed and proactively reducing threats in our institutions. They identify individuals and group criminal and subversive activity by investigation and research, and quickly disseminate it to the appropriate action agents within the facilities and to senior leadership. The Compliance Unit is responsible for evaluating the operations of facilities and field offices utilizing departmental standards and ensuring safe, secure, and efficient operation. They conduct annual comprehensive audits of all Category I facilities, security audits of all Category II and III facilities, and re-inspecting significant non-compliant functional areas within ninety days of initial inspection. This unit examines community supervision standards in all forty-nine Judicial Circuits and re-examine significant non-compliant functional areas within ninety days of initial inspection. Finally, they maintain and provide information and analysis of completed inspections intra-departmental and gather new data surrounding critical incidents as directed by Executive Operations Division. The Inmate Affairs and Ombudsman Unit is responsible for promoting fairness, accountability and integrity by investigating public and offender grievances, appeals, and inquiries regarding unfair practices and noncompliance of policy. This unit investigates allegations of violations of GDC policies and procedures, monitoring problems in the correctional system in a fair and consistent manner and addressing offender and general public concerns in an unbiased, impartial, and courteous manner. The Fugitive Unit is responsible for ensuring public safety by conducting thorough criminal investigations that result in the safe apprehension of escapees and other violent offenders. They accomplish that task by rapid execution and collaboration with the U.S. Marshall's and state and local law enforcement agencies. The result is speedy apprehension of escapees and violent offenders.
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OPERATIONS, PLANNING AND
TRAINING
" " Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness. OPERATIONS, PLANING AND TRAINING 22

Since its creation by Commissioner Donald in March 2004, the Operations, Planning and Training Division has continued to oversee and synchronize the implementation of both the Department's Strategic and Transformation Campaign Plans, while providing direct support and professional services throughout the Department. Comprised of 15 sections to accomplish its mission, the Division oversees the following operations:

Planning and Strategic Management Engineering and Construction Services Training

Health Services Office of Information Technology Fire Services

Safety Communications Center Fleet Management

Arnold Smith Director

Re-entry Services Risk Reduction Services Chaplaincy Faith & Character Based Programs Prison Industries Enhancement (PIE) Corporate Advisory Board
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PLANNING AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT The function of the Planning and Strategic Management (PSM) Section is to plan, coordinate, and evaluate implementation of programs and projects within the Department of Corrections related to Strategic Management. The section provides the Department's managers with reliable information to help guide and assist agency-wide, policy related decision-making. The PSM section also fulfills a vital role in the development and coordination of the Department's Strategic Plan, as well as the continual update and implementation of the GDC Transformation Campaign Plan.
During Fiscal Year 2007, PSM:
Provided important impact and fiscal analysis, as well as overall coordination, of proposed legislative bills during the '07 Legislative Session;
Coordinated the review and refinement of the Department's Strategic Plan for the FY2007/2008 performance based budgeting cycle, directing the update and additional development of goals, objectives, and performance measures throughout the Department;
Led the development of the divisional Customer Service Plan in support of the Department's Agency Customer Service effort.
Provided vital projections, information and data regarding offender population growth for use in developing future bedspace requirements, as well as answering other ad hoc questions involving offender demographics, fiscal impacts, statistical analysis, etc.;

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Assisted in the planning and implementation of several strategic planning and senior management leadership off-site sessions; These sessions were designed to further senior leadership development and training
Added Josh Barnette to the section as the Statistic Unit Supervisor; Josh formerly served as a PO II in the Morrow Probation Office.
Coordinated and participated in two `Georgia On the Move' meetings, in Savannah and Augusta and;
Prepared and/or coordinated responses to surveys and queries received from various government agencies, academic and private sector organizations nation wide.
TRAINING Professional training and developmental opportunities are provided to all agency personnel and employees of affiliated organizations. In full support of the Department's mission, we are constantly seeking and implementing better ways to improve employee performance through training. This enables Corrections personnel to be better prepared to accomplish the departmental mission of protecting the public, victims of crime and agency staff.
The following statistics represent some of our programs and the number of employees served in FY'07.
The four Field Academies conducted 2,363 classes for 37,335 students. The Employee Development Unit (EDU) conducted 353 classes for 8,364 students. The Probation Training Unit conducted 305 classes for 6,072 students, including 127 new Probation officers. The Georgia Corrections Academy conducted 20 BCOT classes and graduated 1,827 new Correctional Officers. The Special Operations Training Unit conducted 86 training programs for 2,480 students, including several students from other law enforcement agencies. The Instructional Systems Unit conducted 345 classes for 2,327 students. The Management Development Unit conducted 110 classes for 2,517 students from Agency and college-level courses. The POST Certification Unit completed 2,542 POST Applications for Certification, 1,940 Certifications completed, 779 criminal background checks, and 58,852 C-12's.
A total of $ 15,660.00 was processed for the charges to private vendors as required by law. GDC along with Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and hosted the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IATCP) Conference October 29 - November 1, 2006 in Buckhead.
Interagency Cooperation
The Training Section coordinated two interagency training programs to include:
Transitional Aftercare for Probation and Parole
The National Institute of Corrections Multi Disciplinary Approach to Managing Security Systems
Training Accomplishments The following initiatives were either completed or initiated in FY2007 by the Training Section:
Re-structured In-service Training for Facility Operations In-service typically consists of many topics that are either required by law or SOP and have nothing to do with job specific tasks. These topics were removed and implemented via shift briefings. Job specific skills such as inmate transfers and weapon retention were then placed in the available time slots, resulting in a much improved and
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received in-service.
Hispanic Culture This subject was broadened and implemented in Basic and in-service modules throughout the agency.
National Incident Management System This required course by FEMA, was delivered to all response teams (Special Operations) and other designated staff to gain national compliance.
The four Field Academies were designated as "stand-alone" academies by POST.
The four Field Academy Managers were designated as "Academy Directors" by POST.
The Probation Training Unit was merged with the North Georgia Corrections Academy (NGCA). The Manager of that unit assumed the duties of the NGCA Director, resulting in a cost avoidance of over $50,000 in salary per year by not hiring a new Academy Director. This position remains vacant.
The four Field Academies were realigned under the Georgia Corrections Academy (GCA) as Academy Operations, with the Director of the GCA having direct supervision of all Academies.
Expanded Basic Correctional Officer Training from four weeks to five weeks, with week one conducted in the Field Academies. Week one consists of all required firearms training, resulting in fewer overall failures and eliminating unused seats at the GCA.
Merged the Instructional Systems unit into the NGCA location thereby closing the lease of space in Gainesville Ga. This resulted in a cost avoidance of $51,000 per year.
Fulltime Education Coordinator was hired into an existing vacancy, allowing fulltime commitment to furthering educational partnerships and staff education. A major achievement in the area was the partnership garnered between Albany State University and Albany Technical College to allow GDC staff to transfer credit between the two schools. Similar programs are currently being pursued with other schools.
The following courses were developed during FY2007 for FY2008 implementation:
Chief Probation Officer Pre-Command Course As part of GDC's succession planning, patterned after the Wardens Pre-Command Course, this leadership course is designed to develop and ready senior Probation Officers for advancement to Chief Probation Officer.
Administrative Professionals Course This course is designed to fill the gap at the clerk/secretarial level, delivering advanced training for staff in these job categories. Emphasis is placed on advanced computer skills, customer service and advanced clerical skills.
Sergeants Academy Designed to transition Correctional Officers into leadership/supervisory roles. Also part of succession training, this course teaches the basic skills required of our line supervisors and further prepares them for roles of greater responsibilities.
Physical Fitness Evaluation All Basic Mandate classes are required to participate in Physical Fitness Assessments designed to determine their level of fitness and develop a plan to improve individual performance.
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The Training Sections continues to "Get Out in Front" by constantly evaluating and upgrading training programs to meet the changing trends in Corrections. Our "One Team" approach works in concert with Governor's vision of a "Best Managed, Better Educated" Georgia!

HEALTH SERVICES The mission of the Office of Health Services is to provide the required constitutional level of care to the incarcerated population in the most effective, cost efficient manner possible while protecting the public health interests of the citizens of the State of Georgia. During FY07 the Department remained vigilant in delivering care as economically as possible considering the increasing age of the incarcerated population and number of chronically ill patients.

In FY07 the Department spent a total of $194,037,696 on inmate health care, including physical, dental, and mental health care. This translated into a cost per inmate per day of $11.07 or an 8.7% increase over FY06. The increase was due to the aging of the inmate population, the increasing growth in the number of chronically ill, the increasing number of mentally ill and unavoidable high cost major illnesses. The cost per day is illustrated in the chart.below.

Mortality rates cannot be the only indicator of the quality of health care, but it does serve as one of the indicators of inmate health care delivery. In FY07 the Department experienced 9 more deaths than in FY06 but the mortality rate per 100,000 increased by 1 to 205. This number is still well below the average of 216 deaths per 100,000 over the past 10 years.

GDC FY2007 Health Services Cost per Inmate per Day

The mental health caseload continues to grow statewide. At the end of FY07 there were over 8200 inmates with serious mental illness in the incarcerated population. The percentage of inmates diagnosed with mental illness is still approximately 15% of the total population.

The Office of Health Services has initiated efficiencies and cost avoidance techniques during the past year while maintaining the overall effectiveness of health care.

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Some of the innovations are: 1. The opening of a 22 bed secure forensic medical unit at the Atlanta Medical Center; 2. The provision of all ophthalmology services at Augusta State Medical Prison; 3. The leasing of a mobile surgical unit placed inside Georgia State Prison; 4. A pharmacy reclamation project which, with other pharmacy initiatives, avoided $2 million in costs for the year; 5. Creation of regional hubs of medical care in conjunction with the Corrections Division.

Other cost avoiding initiatives are planned for FY2008 as we continue to provide the appropriate level of health care to our incarcerated population.
RISK REDUCTION SERVICES Risk Reduction Services is a section under the Reentry Services unit that strives to reduce recidivism by providing research-based programs. Our mission is to increase public safety through the reduction of recidivism.
The goal of the Risk Reduction Services unit is to provide to offenders constitutionally mandated / legally required programs and programs that focus on changing criminal thinking and reducing criminal behavior. This is achieved through the implementation of evidenced-based programs that target crimeproducing behavior.

The primary targets of effective offender interventions are criminal thinking, substance abuse, education, and employment. An assessment process identifies offender risk and need which is then utilized for program referral and placement.

GDC FY2007 Offender Program Completions

Academic and vocational advancement opportunities are available for offenders identified in need. This year, Academic Education, offered at all facilities/centers, expanded to includ enrollment priority based upon sentence length, assessment of all eligible inmates for education placement and increased classroom enrollment capacity. Vocational programs, not only offer viable training for inmates, but also provide valuable services to the community. Over 660 additional training slots were added this year, expanding vocational programs to Pre-Release Centers to prepare offenders for employment and reentry into the community.

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Cognitive programs, designed to address criminal attitudes, beliefs, and thinking, continue to expand to numerous sites throughout the system. The Motivation for Change (M4C) and Family Violence courses, offered in all facilities, meet the legislative mandate for offenders requiring substance abuse and domestic violence risk reduction programs.
Expansion of a Certified Addiction Counselor program for GDC staff continues to result in a win-win situation for GDC. The staff achieves recognizable certification and enhances their knowledge bringing increased professional services to offenders.
Finally, within our facilities, Day Reporting Centers, and some probation offices, offenders have access to numerous counseling interventions and other substance abuse programs.
Current Risk Reduction Services' initiatives include: Continued expansion of the Georgia Program Assessment Inventory; measuring program quality; Expansion of COMPAS, a validated risk and need assessment, to field probation sites; Expansion of Career Centers; training inmate clerks and staff; Expansion of Male Probation Residential Substance Abuse Treatment beds; Creation of the new Boot Camp Plus, a Boot Camp environment enhanced by a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program; Addition of a Veterinary Assistant Program caring for abused and neglected horses impounded by the Department of Agriculture; Implementation of post-secondary academic education.
FLEET MANAGEMENT/RISK MANAGEMENT The office of Fleet Management provides the overall coordination and direction of motor vehicle management throughout the Georgia Department of Corrections. Fleet management is comprised of two facilities; the main office is located in Atlanta, Ga. and the other facility in Milledgeville, Ga.
Fleet Management is responsible for the procurement, repair, preventive maintenance, vehicle accountability, and disposal of the Department of Corrections vehicles. Currently, there are 1,971 vehicles assigned to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The fleet of vehicles consists of buses, trucks, vans, and sedans located throughout the state.
Inmates perform all vehicle repairs at both fleet facilities; therefore, we have no labor costs. During FY07, the two facilities processed more than 4851 work orders. The cost saving to the Department of Corrections was more than $1.5 million dollars, with the utilization of inmate labor. The current market labor rate at the three major car dealerships average between $85-$100 per hour.
During FY07, the vehicles that belong to GDC were driven 21,088,560 miles, with a fuel cost of $2,430,274.61.
Risk Management is also a function of this office. The Atlanta office processes vehicle accidents and claims.
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OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Office of Information Technology (O.I.T.) is responsible for providing the information backbone used by the Georgia Department of Corrections to manage its business and safeguard the public. O.I.T. uses the most effective technology available to create an integrated information system that minimizes the effort of data collection and provides quick, accurate, and secure information to the Georgia Department of Corrections, other law enforcement agencies, the courts, and the people of Georgia.
The goals of the Office of Information technology are to:
Change the way we work, ensuring that GDC is as effective, efficient, and secure in the discharge of its duties as possible.
Complete an end-to-end enterprise wide web-based corrections system, including administrative, operational, executive, and offender management functions.
Provide the right tools to the right workers at the right place in the most cost-effective way.
Manage by information, at all levels of the organization.
Learn from, and leverage, the work of others where possible.
Partner with others to meet the Governor's goals of creating a safe, educated, growing, healthy, and best managed Georgia.
O.I.T. continues to expand the agency's end-to-end enterprise corrections system, SCRIBE, that use thinclient web architecture across the agency GDC network to collect, process, and store business information. The applications are developed in a manner that provides quick responsiveness, ease of use, intuitive business processing, and allows for extraction of any stored data for informational and statistical reporting. At the end of FY2007, there were 39 modules in use, with several additional modules nearing completion of development and scheduled to roll out in early FY2008. SCRIBE modules to completely replace the agency's legacy mainframe system will be completed by June of 2009. This development and business process reengineering will significantly leverage the agency effectiveness and efficiency, particularly regarding the agency's headquarters relocation to Forsyth, Georgia.
The agency public website (www.dcor.state.ga.us) was created in 1995. Its most recent iteration reflects the Governor's common branding schema for Georgia state government. The site allows the citizens of the State of Georgia to view information concerning the agency's annual reports, its mission, operations, and physical plant information. Through it, citizens and businesses can access media campaigns, an extensive video library, procurement information, the state procurement site, and the Georgia Correctional Industries Website. The public can query and view information concerning GDC facilities and the offender's under GDC supervision. It contains GDC's most wanted fugitive list and the GBI sex offender registry. The GDC public website has received local and national news coverage and commendations for the quality of the site.
During FY2007, OIT accomplishments included the following:
GDC, in association with the Governor's Reentry Impact Project, adopted the use of the COMPAS offender assessment tool. This was the first integration of a third party system into the SCRIBE environment. The COMPAS/ SCRIBE interface currently contains functionality related to Offender Risk/Needs Assessments, Drug Screening Assessments, and Sexual Predator/Victim Assessments. GDC recently received national recognition for this ground breaking approach to managing the data associated with Offender Re-entry.
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Completed conversion from a legacy probation accounting system (PAS), used in over 100 probation offices to manage court order probationer fines, fees, and restitution, to SCRIBE's centralized accounting application (JOTF). This was a major milestone in the Agency's strategic plan of moving away from stand alone systems to a centralized accounting practice.
Completed a project to implement clustering for enterprise servers to provide more robust and reliable servers, and centralized the server backups for local prison and center server to the Towers, to allow for more reliable backups and reduction in the time to provide replacement servers for the field.
Completed updating all agency 800 MHz radios in accordance with the requirements of the FCC public safety re-banding initiative.
CHAPLAINCY SERVICES FY2007 There have been some positive additions to Chaplaincy this year. A grant from the Cousins Foundation allowed us to place the first Reentry Chaplain at Metro State Prison.
Two Central Office part time Chaplain positions were approved to be filled. One part time Chaplain will serve as the Director of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Leavell College extension at Phillips State Prison; the other part time Chaplain will serve as a subject matter expert. The part time Chaplain positions at Baldwin S.P., Calhoun S.P, and Pulaski S.P. were converted to full time in July 2007.
Nine part time Chaplains' positions were converted to full time. The full time Chaplain positions were identified at institutions based upon their Security Level, Inmate Population, and Mission (Diagnostic, Faith & Character Based Dorm, In-House Transitional Center, Geriatrics, Youth and Mental Health Living Units). These full time Chaplain positions will increase the number of prisons with full time Chaplains or Clinical Chaplains to eighteen. This results in increased program delivery. As a result Chaplains are more readily available to meet crisis needs of the inmate population and staff as well as being present on a more routine basis.
Chaplaincy Services continue to address the religious requests of inmates by working with Legal Services and Security in providing First Amendment protection to inmates.
Chaplaincy Services also provided two training events this year for Chaplains: "Good to Great Best Practices" and "Reentry Chaplaincy: Ministry for Offenders' Successful Reintegration Into Community".
VOLUNTEER SERVICES
In FY2007 there were 34 specialized training events for volunteers, including specialized training events for Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Hispanic Volunteers. There are now over 10,000 Certified Correctional Associates (Volunteers) supporting the religious services and activities in all the state prisons including the Faith & Character Based Dorms, the In-House Transitional Centers, Transitional Centers, Probation Detention Centers, Day Reporting Centers, Pre-Release Centers, and County Prisons.
Volunteer Services is seeking volunteers to become Mentors for inmates. Volunteers involved in the Aftercare/Mentoring of inmates follow the "Meet and Greet" paradigm in which they meet and begin mentoring the offenders inside the prison and then greet the ex-offender as he/she leaves prison, bridging the
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gap between prison and community reintegration, assisting the ex-offender into a law abiding, productive life.
Chaplaincy Services, along with Risk Reduction Services, has been realigned under Re-entry Services with the mutual goal of reducing recidivism through delivery of proven Faith and Character Based lifeskills programs and community involvement in the successful habilitation of ex-offenders.
RE-ENTRY INITIATIVES
Re-entry Services is a section within the Georgia Department of Corrections charged with the primary purpose to promote public safety through collaborative partnerships that reflect a seamless system that assist returning offenders to be law-abiding, productive community citizens.
Re-entry Services is a core commitment of the Georgia Department of Corrections Transformation Campaign Plan and supports the core goal to make a safer, healthier, better educated, and best managed Georgia. Re-entry is a process of transition that should begin at the offender's earliest point of entry into the prison or at pre-sentence guided by offender assessment and evidence-based interventions. Re-entry provides effective opportunities for offenders to achieve positive change and to be a more pro-social contributor to society.
The sections within Re-entry Services are Risk Reduction Services, Chaplaincy, Faith and CharacterBased Programs, Community Reentry, Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE), and Volunteer Services.
The mission of Re-entry is to establish effective methods that permeate all levels of affected agencies and organizations to reduce recidivism through collaborative partnerships that support offender transition to the community.
Goals of Re-entry:
Build individual capacity of the offender to be a productive member of his/her family and community, Link offenders to program services necessary for successful transition and reentry into the community, Increase the community and correctional capacity to address the offenders' needs and identify community resources to match assessed needs, to enhance public safety by reducing recidivism among the formerly incarcerated population, Promote public safety through collaborative partnerships that support offender transition to the community.
Some of the accomplishments in the Reentry Services section include a wide range of new and continued initiatives and programs, which are shown in the following highlights.
Re-entry initiatives include:
National Governor's Association- Reentry Policy Academy (NGA) Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) NIC Transition from Prison to Community Initiative (TPCI) Georgia Reentry Impact Project (GRIP) In-House Transitional Dorms (ITC) Faith and Character Based Initiatives New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) Corporate Advisory Board
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Corporate Take 5 Reentry Partnership Housing (RPH) Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE) / War Against Recidivism (WAR) Reentry Skill Build Handbook Grace Village Pre-Release Centers Community Reentry
FAITH AND CHARACTER-BASED INITIATIVES
The Faith and Character-Based program continues to enhance public safety through community partnerships that supports the offender's successful transition from custody to community. The Faith and Character-Based Dormitory Initiative meets the needs of our offenders, their families, and their communities, by involving stakeholders in the process of changing attitudes, values, and beliefs. The following accomplishments are evidence of these efforts:
Faith and Character Based Dormitory Program has expanded from six pilot sites to four additional sites at: Johnson, Lee, Phillips, and Scott State Prisons. The F&CB dormitory has become a nationally recognized model with overwhelming reviews from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The dormitory has reduced disciplinary reports by 95%, with 460 successful graduates. Of these graduates 46 have been released on parole, probation, or maxed out, with 0 graduates returning for new felony charges.
The Faith and Community Collaborative has allowed us to partner with the DOL and support the institutions Career Center at all of the F&CB Dormitories and ITC's.
Utilizing Community Support (Volunteers) the F&CB initiative has housed 19 max out offenders, 3 medical max outs, and 3 max out sex offenders.
REENTRY PARTNERSHIP HOUSING PROGRAM
The Residential Housing Program (RPH) has continued to grow and serve the Department and the State of Georgia as intended. During the year we have worked to promote the program and find additional resources to place offenders.
We have hosted meetings with our providers to ensure we maintained open lines of communications, and assisted them in spreading the word to seek additional providers.
We continue to partner with DOL to not only assist with housing, but employment, and other social service providers.
We continue to work with the GRIP Transitional Planning Sub-Committee.
Within the Department we have traveled to a host of prisons, centers, and probation offices spreading the word of our services and gathering feedback on what we can do better. We also provided Reentry Skills Building Training with our Reentry Team to DOC staff throughout the state; thus far 1,500 employees have received training.
Year to date we have placed 316 offenders in RPH, which translates into $5,205,119.00 cost avoidance for the Department. We average 15-20 placements per month. Currently 188 ex-offenders placed in RPH are employed and there have been 67 successful parole completions. We currently have 28 approved housing providers and are receiving new applications on a weekly basis.
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PRISON INDUSTRY ENHANCEMENT (PIE) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM In the 2005 session of the General Assembly the "Working Against Recidivism Act" was passed and signed into law by Governor Perdue. The passing of this bill allows the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) to apply and participate in the Prison Industries Enhancement certification program (PIE). PIE is a national program created by Congress in 1979 to encourage state and local governments to establish employment opportunities for prisoners that are comparable to private sector work opportunities. The PIE program allows private sector industry to establish joint ventures with state and local correctional agencies to produce goods using prison labor. Private sector industries who utilize offender labor pay wages and Workman's Compensation. The PIE program certifies and exempts state and local departments of corrections from normal restrictions on the sale of prisoner-made goods in interstate commerce. The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance administers the PIE Certification Program through its Corrections Branch. Each certified program must be determined to meet certain statutory and guideline requirements. PIE programs bring private sector industry to the grounds of a prison, and offenders are paid by the private sector industry for their labor. PIE provides compensation to victims, offsets the cost of incarceration, and provides savings to offenders for their transition back into the community. Prison based industries would allow the state to garner a portion of the earned wages to make offenders contribute to the costs of their own incarceration, lessen the burden of taxpayers and reduce the escalating cost of crime. The PIE program has two primary objectives:
To generate products and services which enable offenders to make a contribution to society, help offset the cost of their incarceration, compensate crime victims, and provide support to their families.
To provide a means of reducing offender idleness, increasing job skills, and improving the prospects for successful offender transition to the community upon release.
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ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
In the effort to provide safe and secure facilities by the design, construction and maintenance of the essential physical infrastructure, Engineering and Construction Services (ECS) develops, designs, and constructs new facilities and manages the maintenance of existing facilities. Also, using inmate labor under staff supervision, ECS builds, remodels, and restores facilities for other governmental entities on a limited basis. ECS enhances GDC's Core Goal of Public Safety by providing safe and secure and well-maintained infrastructures and systems.
Although the Engineering and Construction Services Section consists of four (4) operational units (Architectural & Engineering, Inmate Construction, Capital Asset and Technical Support) and one (1) administrative unit (Business Support), Engineering and Construction Services acts as a team. Many projects are designed by the Architectural and Engineering Unit and constructed by the Construction Services Unit. Each unit supports the others. For example, the Business Support Unit is critical to all units. They process invoices, purchase items for construction and ensure the smooth functioning of the Engineering and Construction Services Unit.
Ultimately, Engineering and Construction Services is a customer service organization, which is a part of the Operation, Planning and Training Division. Our Customers consist of State Prisons, Diversion Centers, Probation Detention Centers, Transitional Centers, Pre-Release Centers, Food and Farm and Community service projects. The foundation of our service is to providing safe and secure facilities by the design, construction and maintenance of the essential physical infrastructure of the Departments facilities. This goal is accomplished with the use of staff, hiring of architects, engineers, consultants, construction companies and using inmate labor under staff supervision. Our role is to assure projects are being delivered on budget, perform as intended, and are delivered on time.
Among the many projects and achievements of Engineering and Constructions Services in 2007, some of the most notable are:
1. Prepared contracts and constructed multiple bed space projects, warehouses, State Prison fire stations, along with many other departmental projects amounting to approximately 3.6 million dollars with a savings to the department of approximately 2.3 million.
2. Performed maintenance & repairs at multiple facilities statewide. Also instituted preventative maintenance procedures statewide for consistency and cost savings.
3. Began replacing sensor cables at prisons and completed detection electronics at older PDS institutions, resulting in the replacement of failed security systems at Smith SP & Coastal SP. Projects ongoing at other institutions.
4. Instituted safety training including operation of heavy equipment & tool control.
5. Continued concern effort to address erosion control associated with construction projects and established conservation practices including water, electric, natural gas, etc.
6. Began monthly staff call for all GEMA staff to keep employees informed, air grievances, and establish continuity in the work place.
7. Responded to requests from cities, counties, and other governmental entities with varies construction projects.
8. Participated in all facets of the HQ relocation, which is underway.
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COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The Communications Center is a 24-hour multi-operational call center that receives and assesses routine and critical information reported by correctional institutions and facilities concerning incidents, activities, situations, etc. Upon receiving a call the information is assessed and disseminated to executive and emergency personnel based on established guidelines. Personnel assigned provide support services for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles as well as other federal and state criminal justice agencies. The Communications Center also assists in the execution of investigative tasks via the Georgia and National Crime Information Center using the Criminal Justice Information System Network.
During Fiscal Year 2007, the Communications Center:
1. Processed 81 escape/absconder warrants in the National Crime Information Center Database within hours of their flight from custody.
2. Provided investigative support to U.S. Marshal's Southeast Regional Task Force that resulted in removal and return of 73 escaped felons back to state custody.
3. Provided after-hours administrative and GCIC support to the Pardons and Paroles Board by entering 2,264 holds on parolees after-hours. Cost analysis reflected a savings of over $85,629.60* in salaries for the Parole Board.
4. Completed over 298 criminal history record checks using the Criminal Justice Information System Database. Cost analysis reflected a savings of $8,940.00** in fees which is the average cost of a criminal history record check by law enforcement agencies.
5. Successfully upgraded 11 positions to Correctional Officer positions.
6. Contributed to successful 2007 legislation granting the GDC Commissioner authority to sign and execute felony warrants for GDC inmates that escape from custody.
* Average salary for 3 Parole Officer with each salary estimated at $28,543.20 for after-hour support
** Average cost for criminal history record checks is estimated at $30.00 per inquiry
FIRE SERVICES
Georgia Department of Corrections Fire Services exists to provide a professional level of fire safety and life safety in the state prison system, and to manage a model inmate firefighter program to provide fire protection for all staff and inmates in Georgia Department of Corrections' Facilities. There are nearly 150 state inmates involved in the fire services program. They are required to successfully complete 240 hours of training before becoming certified as firefighters. They receive 40 hours of training each month in fire-related subjects. Prior to responding to an emergency call, each inmate must satisfactorily complete 60 hours of basic firefighter training in subjects specified by the Georgia Fire Academy. Corrections also operates and maintains inmate rake teams, which are specially trained to suppress forest fires in the north Georgia mountains and in other regions across the state.
GDC Fire Services strives to find better ways of protecting the lives and property of our fellow staff, inmates, and citizens in communities surrounding our facilities (through education, prevention, training, and suppression) from the ravages of fire and other disastrous incidents.
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Fire Services Significant Facts for 2007:
State Prison Fire Stations: 18 County Prison Fire Stations: 4 Wild Fire Rake Crews: 7 Total Incident Call Responses: 4,013 Fire Emergency Responses: 3519 Institutional Fires: 125 Facility Fire Inspector Classes: 2 with 52 students Training Hours: 440 Buildings Inspected: 914 Construction Permits Issued: 2 Certificates of Occupancy Issued: 9
Significant Achievements by GDC Fire Services in 2007
1. Six (6) fire stations have been added to our list of stations that house inmates; providing increased protection to the surrounding communities by decreasing response times.
2. Firefighter staffing has significantly increased due to efforts to consistently inform all parties involved.
3. Put Lee Arrendale State Prison all-female fire station into full operation.
4. After testing institutional mattresses to find a mattress that meets National Fire Protection Association standards, have replaced Neoprene Core Mattresses that cost $92.00, to treated Cotton Core mattresses that cost $42.00. In the past fiscal year, the State of Georgia purchased 7,799 mattresses at a savings of $50 per mattress, a savings of $389,950.00.
5. Transitioned 9,000 institutional portable fire extinguishers that must be hydrostatically tested every six (6) years by an outside vendor to having them tested at six (6) of our fire stations. Outside vendors charged $20.00 each for testing. GDC Fire Services is able to test each extinguisher for $1.00, for an annual cost avoidance of $28,500.
6. Fire Chiefs are now assisting the Corrections Academy by providing instructors for the Fire Safety section of Basic Correctional Officer Training.
7. We acquired two (2) previously used apparatus, fire trucks, from local communities, had them repaired and put in service to replace antiquated equipment.
8. By expedient turnaround of 1-3 weeks of building plans review we have saved Engineering and Construction Services hundreds of man-hours from a previous system of 23 months turnaround by State Fire Marshal's Office.
9. GDC's Fire Services provided major assistance in the protection of life and property during the largest wildfire in Georgia's history. A total of 25 GDC Firefighter and Rake Crews, rotating in shifts of 5-7 crews per week, served in this mission from 17 April to 5 June 2007. Over 70 GDC staff and 119 inmates worked at least one week in support of the fire suppression effort. This was an extraordinary mission because our inmate firefighter crews volunteered to serve in firefighter operations. Homeland Security assignments such as this one gave all of the inmates an opportunity to give back to the citizens of Georgia in a very meaningful way. Corrections staff and the inmate crews worked directly with local law enforcement and personnel from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, the Georgia Forestry Commission and the National Forestry Commission.
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CORRECTIONS DIVISION
" " In a good-to-great transformation, people are not your most important asset. The right people are. CORRECTIONS DIVISION 37

Regular Probation Supervision Probationers must report to a probation officer, maintain employment, submit to drug and alcohol screens, and comply with all court-ordered requirements.

Intensive Probation Supervision
When more structure is needed than regular probation supervision provides, a judge can order intensive probation supervision where the probationer is closely monitored by a team of officers.

Specialized Probation Supervision

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Offenders who have committed sexual crimes, crimes against children, or crimes of family violence may be subject to specialized, highly-monitored probation supervision.

Community Service

As a condition of a sentence, probationers may be required to provide unpaid service to their community in addition to or in lieu of fines and fees.

Day Reporting Center
To deal with the most severe cases of alcohol and substance abuse among the probation population, DRCs are available in some circuits to provide intensive treatment. Offenders attend classes and counseling sessions, and are tested for drugs and alcohol frequently. Probation follows release.

State Prison
State prisons house violent or repeat offenders or nonviolent inmates who have exhausted all other forms of punishment.

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County Prison Some low-security, long-term state prisoners are incarcerated at county work camps. They provide unpaid, yet highly skilled, work to the counties in which they are housed.
Pre-Release Center The mission is to address the re-entry needs of offenders in order to reduce their risk to re-offend thereby increasing public safety. These facilities provide a secure environment in which to target the re-entry needs of inmates within two years or less to serve.
Inmate Boot Camp An option to which the Board of Pardons and Paroles refers offenders and which combines discipline, hard work and drug-education programs for non-violent offenders. Successful participants are released to parole supervision.
Transitional Center Both the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Georgia Department of Corrections refer offenders to the transitional center. The goal is to provide an opportunity for offenders to gradually re-integrate into the community. Offenders work while at the center, and are able to start a savings account that will assist in the transition back into society. The center deducts room, board, family support, restitution, and fees from the offenders' paycheck.
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Detention Center
A probation detention center is a minimum security facility for confining offenders. The offenders perform unpaid community work, receive treatment and are eventually released to probation supervision.

Probation Boot Camp
Boot camps are a residential option which combines discipline, hard work and drug-education programs for non-violent offenders. Successful participants are released to probation supervision.

Diversion Center
A judge may order probationers to stay at a diversion center where they work a paying job in the community and/or participate in treatment options. The center deducts room, board, family support, restitution, and fees from the offenders' paycheck.

The Corrections Division is responsible for the direct supervision of all offenders sentenced to the Georgia Department of Corrections in the following facilities:

37 state prisons

1 probation boot camp

3 private prisons by contract

49 Probation Circuit Offices

24 county prisons by contract

7 Pre-Release Centers

12 transitional centers

5 Day Reporting Centers

1 inmate boot camp

Overall, the Corrections Division is responsible for over 53,000 inmates and 142,000 probationers.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

The Special Operations Section of the Corrections Division oversees internal processes that support the Division's primary task of supervising offenders.

GDC Tactical Squads: There are currently 23 Tactical Squads based at facilities across the state. Each squad has 12 Correctional Officers who receive extensive training on riot and crowd control, firearms, chemical munitions, and other less than lethal munitions. This staff is also responsible for hostage rescue. Both Tactical Squads and regionally assigned Hostage Negotiators have received training for dealing with hostage situations.

Canine Units: The Canine Units are based at 12 separate facilities across the state to provide the most effective coverage to meet the needs of GDC and our law enforcement partners across the state. There are currently 29 canine handlers and 47 bloodhounds trained specifically for inmate tracking. There are also four dogs of different breeds trained specifically for explosive detection and 28 dogs of different breeds trained specifically for narcotics detection. There is also one dog trained specifically for cadaver detection. These handlers and their dogs continue to provide direct support to the Corrections Division and to local, state, and federal agencies who request assistance. All narcotics detection canines and all explosives detection canines are certified by nationally recognized canine training organizations.

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Correctional Emergency Response Teams (CERT): There are currently 29 CERT Teams based at facilities across the state. Each team has a team leader and five correctional officers. Each team receives extensive training on managing non-compliant offenders in dayto-day facility operations. CERT staff also receives advanced training in cell extractions, chemical munitions and less lethal escorts and transports, inmate searches, interview and interrogation techniques, and security threat groups.
Inter-Agency Liaison: The Georgia Department of Corrections is a part of the state's overall law enforcement and criminal justice system. The role of the Inter-Agency Liaison is to maintain and strengthen those ties by serving on inter-agency task forces and representing the agency in state and national level policy meetings. An example of GDC's inter-agency commitments is providing staff and other related support to assist disaster relief in Mississippi and Louisiana during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
FACILITIES OPERATIONS
Facilities Operations is responsible for the safe and secure operations of Georgia's residential facilities. Residential facilities are reserved for those offenders who have been determined to be a high risk to public safety and cannot remain in the community. There is a wide range of residential facilities. There are community-based centers from which low-risk offenders are allowed to leave each day to work in the community, but there are also maximum-security prisons in which high-risk inmates are confined to cells most of each day. Residential facilities are expensive, ranging in price from just below $34 to almost $59 per day per offender, but they are essential to protect the citizens of Georgia.
Pre-Release Centers Seven (7) Pre-Release Centers (PRCs) are located across the state, totaling 1,314 beds. The mission is to address the re-entry needs of offenders in order to reduce their risk to re-offend thereby increasing public safety. These facilities provide a secure environment in which to target the re-entry needs of offenders within two years or less to serve. The goals of the PRC are to emphasize work and provide the inmate with work experience. By providing additional work opportunities prior to release, the offender's work ethic will be enhanced. In addition, two key elements are assisting the inmate in locating suitable housing and meaningful work upon release. In some cases, the expectation is to further facilitate rehabilitation by transitioning the offender to work release programs. Providing evidence based programs that target crime-producing behavior is an essential element of the PRC. These programs focus on changing criminal thinking and reducing criminal behavior. Risk factors such as criminal thinking, substance abuse, low education levels, and lack of employment skills represent needs, that when addressed, are associated with reductions in recidivism. Assessments are used to identify offenders in need of risk-reduction interventions.
Probation Boot Camps There is one Probation Boot Camp in Georgia and it is the West Georgia Probation Boot Camp in Bremen. The facility can house up to 192 male felons. Probationers may be sentenced directly to the boot camp by the courts or as a result of a revocation action. A candidate for the probation boot camp must be at least 17 and no older than 30 at the time of sentencing; has no previous period of incarceration in an adult penal institution; has no known contagious or communicable disease; has no known physical limitation that would exclude strenuous labor and physical activity; and has no known mental disorder or retardation that
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would prevent participation in a program that requires intensive interaction and strenuous physical activity. The camps are highly structured with a military regimen. Offenders work during the day in the facility or in the local community doing public service work. Risk reduction programming, particularly in the area of substance abuse, is provided in the evening hours.
Inmate Boot Camps: There is one Inmate Boot Camp in Georgia that is co-located within Burruss Correctional Training Center in Forsyth. There are 380 Inmate Boot Camp beds, all reserved for male felons. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles chooses inmates for the boot camps from those who have been sentenced to prison. Inmates who successfully complete the three-to-four month program are released on parole regardless of their original sentence length.

A candidate for the boot camp must be at least 17 and no older than 30 at the time of sentencing; has no previous period of incarceration in an adult penal institution; has no known contagious or communicable disease; has no known physical limitation that would exclude strenuous labor and physical activity; and has no known mental disorder or retardation that would prevent participation in a program that requires intensive interaction and strenuous physical activity. The camps are highly structured with a military regimen. Offenders work during the day in the facility or in the local community doing public service work. Rehabilitative programming, particularly in the area of substance abuse, is provided in the evening hours.

DIVERSION CENTERS Probationers may be sentenced directly to a diversion center or may be sent there as part of a revocation or sentence modification. The centers are residential, but probationers hold paying jobs in the local community. All paychecks are sent directly to the centers, which deduct room and board, restitution, fines, fees, and other court ordered monies before depositing the remainder in an account for the probationer. If the probationer has a family, support for the family is also withdrawn from this account. The probationer may make small withdrawals from the account for transportation to and from work, maintenance items, or small incidentals. The centers are community-based, and efforts are made to help the offender to develop or maintain pro-social ties with both family and community.
There are 10 diversion centers around the state, four of which have units for female probationers. The total capacity of diversion centers is 828 with 106 beds designated for females.

Diversion Centers Population At the end of FY07, there were 765 probationers in the centers.

Crime Type

Center Population End of FY07

Violent

95

Property

328

Drugs

270

HTV/DUI

12

Sex Offenses

7

Other

53

TOTAL

765

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Cost and Contributions The cost for diversion centers is $17,713 per year. However, the cost is offset by the room and board collections that are returned to the State of Georgia. This offset lowers the actual cost to the state to $11,063 per year per offender. The minimum length of stay in a diversion center is approximately three months. The average length of stay in a prison is almost three and a half years. The cost of a year in a prison per inmate, approximately $18,852, is sufficient to confine only one offender. The cost of a year in a diversion center is sufficient to confine almost four offenders. Offenders in prison pay no taxes and pay no family support, while residents of the diversion centers do both.
TRANSITIONAL CENTERS After a long term in prison, selected inmates are slowly reintegrated back into society with a job and enhanced prospects for stability. Research has shown that offenders who have the opportunity to re-enter the community after a stay in a transitional center are up to a third more likely to succeed in maintaining a crime-free life.
At the end of FY2007, there were 2,605 transitional center beds available statewide with 224 of them designated for women. This marked an increase of over 670 beds from the FY2006 total. Either the State Board of Pardons and Paroles or the prison staff must refer an inmate for the program. The decision about which inmates are sent to a transitional center is based on criminal history, behavior while incarcerated, and a number of other factors.
One function of the transitional centers is to provide "work release" opportunities, allowing inmates to obtain and maintain a paying job in the community while requiring them to conform to the structure of the center. The inmates live in the center, participate in a number of programs, and complete assignments to contribute to the upkeep of the center.
Wages earned by work release inmates are sent directly to the center. Employers are required to deduct taxes as appropriate. A portion of the wages is applied to room and board and another portion to any outstanding fines, fees, or restitution. If the inmates have minor children, they are required to provide family support for them. They may have a small allowance for transportation and incidentals, but all other funds are placed in an account until they are released from the center. Most inmates stay in a work release program for approximately six months and are then released on parole or, if the entirety of their sentences has been fulfilled, to the community.
The transitional centers also provide housing for low risk "maintenance" workers. These inmates are not participants in the work release programs although they may have access to the programs in the centers. The maintenance inmates are assigned full time to maintain the facility or other state facilities in the area. For example, approximately half of the inmates assigned to the Atlanta Transitional Center are maintenance workers who provide details to the Governor's Mansion, the State Capitol Complex, and the State Highway Patrol Headquarters. These inmates are not paid any wages. They may stay at the facility for longer periods of time. Many transitional centers are in renovated buildings.
There are 12 transitional centers, including one for women. The average cost per day is $39.36 with a cost to tax payers of $34.42 per day. However, the contributions of the work release inmates to the local tax base, to their families' support, and to their room and board offset the total cost to the state.
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PROBATION DETENTION CENTERS A probation detention center (PDC) is a minimum-security facility for confining probationers. Offenders may be sent directly to the center as a sentencing option or if they prove unable to fulfill their probation obligations in the community, they may be sent to the detention center as a result of a revocation proceeding.
PDCs provide a sanctioning option for probationers who require more security or supervision than that provided by regular community supervision or a diversion center but may not qualify for a boot camp. The centers are highly structured with regimented schedules that include supervised, unpaid work in surrounding communities and programming geared toward making them more successful in the community. There are 20 PDCs currently in operation with a total of 3,754 beds. Three centers house women - over 580 beds.
There are two facilities that specialize in providing probationers with severe substance abuse problems, the Bainbridge Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center (BPSATC) the Arrendale Probation RSAT (APR). The BPSATC began accepting male offenders in late FY2002. This is a residential center for 192 male probationers who have demonstrated chronic substance abuse problems. The program has advanced cognitive-behavioral substance abuse treatment with a complete mental health component. The center was originally designed for use by only selected South Georgia circuits, but the mission has been expanded so the center can serve probationers who have not been successful at other intensive programs. APR began accepting female offenders in late FY2006, and serves all 49 Probation Circuits. This program has space for 198 female offenders, all of whom have demonstrated chronic substance abuse problems, and offers advanced cognitive-behavioral substance abuse treatment with a complete mental health component like the BPSATC.
COUNTY PRISONS Some low -security, long-term state prisoners are incarcerated at county work camps. They provide unpaid, yet highly skilled work to the counties in which they are housed. Georgia has entered into interagency agreements with 24 counties in Georgia to lease over 5,260 beds in county prisons to house state inmates. The county prisons have assisted GDC in managing the jail backlog by providing additional bed space while GDC's inmates provide a major source of general and skilled labor to the local communities. GDC inmates assist in the maintenance of roads and parks; work at local landfills; serve on local fire crews; assist with small construction projects for government agencies, and assist local government agencies as needed.
PRIVATE PRISONS GDC currently has contracts with private prison companies to house 4,960 inmates.
In 1997, through a bid process, GDC entered into contracts with Cornell Companies, Inc. to build and operate D. Ray James prison in Folkston, and with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) to build and operate private prisons in Alamo, Wheeler Correctional Facility and in Nicholls, Coffee Correctional Facility.
All three facilities opened in the fall of 1998 and have been a part of the corrections continuum in Georgia since that time.
Georgia's three private prisons are accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA) and by the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) as required by contract. GDC has a full-time Private Prison Monitor
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overseeing the facilities' operations to ensure that all contract conditions are met and that the facility operates with a continuous focus on sanitation, safety and security. Just as in GDC facilities, inmates work on fulltime details and are afforded the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational classes and counseling programs.
STATE PRISONS
State prisons house violent or repeat offenders or nonviolent inmates who have exhausted all other forms of punishment. Judges may sentence offenders directly to prison or offenders may be sent to prison as a result of revocation proceedings.
Inmates in state prisons have access to classes and other services that allow them to reduce their risk to the community. See Risk Reduction Services for more information.
Offenders who are able-bodied are also assigned to work details. These may be connected to the ongoing operation of the facility, such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, or making general repairs around the facility or to more specialized details. Among these specialized details are:
Food and Farm Operations: Nearly 5,000 inmates work on prison farms or in preserving, preparing, and serving foods. (See materials on Food and Farm)
Inmate Construction: Inmate crews serve the construction needs of Corrections, other state agencies and communities. Carefully supervised, skilled inmates are temporarily housed in nearby facilities while completing approved renovation or remodeling jobs around the state.
Fire Services: Specially selected minimum security inmates may be chosen to work in the prison fire stations responding to prison and rural fire emergencies.
Community Work Details: Under supervision, low security inmates build, refurbish, and maintain prison and civic buildings, perform roadwork, clean public buildings and schools, and work at recycling centers and landfills.
Georgia Correctional Industries: Up to 1,800 inmates are selected to receive on-the-job training which includes metal fabrication, optics, printing, license plates, footwear, woodworking, screen printing, upholstery, garment and chemical production.
There are 37 state prisons, three of which are designated for women. There are over 38,000 beds in state prisons (not including county or private prisons), with over 3,350 for women.
Georgia inmates are assigned to a security level after a review of factors such as inmate's sentence, nature of the crime, criminal history, history of violence, medical, and treatment risks and needs. The classification levels are:
Maximum Security Dangerous inmates who pose a high escape risk, or have other serious problems, are assigned to this category and are housed in prisons with high levels of security.
Close Security These inmates are escape risks, have assault histories, and may have detainers for other serious crimes on file. These inmates never leave the prison and require supervision at all times by a correctional officer.
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Medium Security Medium security inmates have no major adjustment problems and many may work outside the prison fence, but must be under constant supervision. Minimum Security These inmates tend to abide by prison regulations, present a minimal risk of escape, and have been judged to be a minimal threat to the community. Offenders in this security level may work outside the fence under supervision. Trustee Security An inmate assigned to this level has proven to be trustworthy, is cooperative, and has no current alcohol/drug problems. Costs for various criminal justice sanctions vary greatly, depending mainly upon whether the offender is housed in a facility or lives at home, the degree of hardened construction of the facility (security level), and upon the ratio of offenders to staff, among other factors. FY2007 Capital Outlay (construction) Costs Minimum security prison - $28,936 One dormitory (double bunks) Medium security prison - $61,341 Four general population cellblocks (double bunks) One special management unit (single bunks) One dormitory (double bunks) Close security prison - $80,046 Three close units (double bunks) One dormitory (double bunks) One max security unit (single bunks) Maximum security prison - $110,512 Two maximum security cellblocks (single bunks)
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(The following Start-Up / Operating Costs are based on FY06 information. Costs for FY07 have not been compiled and released as of this time)

Start-Up cost per bed for a new or expanding facility - $3,500

Operating Costs (per offender)

Per Day

Per Year

Long-term facilities State prisons (Close security and higher)2 State prisons (Medium security and lower) Average operating costs, all state prisons Probation detention centers3 Probation diversion centers (work release)3 Minus resident payments for room & board Net cost to taxpayers

$50.91 $38.40 $46.14
$42.37
$48.53 -$18.22 $30.31

Transition centers (half-way houses)3,4 Minus resident payments for room & board Net cost to taxpayers

$39.36 -$4.94 $34.42

Pre-release centers

$32.62

Parole center (Whitworth)

$36.04

Probation boot camp (West Georgia)

$45.89

Probation substance abuse treatment center (Bainbridge) $59.13

{Below operation cost averages based on Non-Residential programs}

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$9.18

Community supervision on probation Regular probation supervision Intensive probation supervision

$1.30 $3.40

$18,582 $14,016 $16,841 $15,465 $17,713 -$6,650 $11,063 $14,366 -$1,803 $12,563 $11,906 $13,155 $16,750 $21,582
$3,351
$475 $1,241

1. Capital outlay costs here are for illustrative purposes only. Every prison is unique. Costs might vary up or down depending on many factors, including the prison's capacity, the types of programs and services it offers, and the kinds of inmates it is designed to house.
2. Operating costs for "Close security and higher" includes maximum and close security prisons, women's prisons, and diagnostic centers.
3. Short-term facilities, including detention centers, diversion centers, and transition centers, turn over their populations two or three times a year. Therefore, the cost for an individual offender will only be a fraction of the "per year" cost. In addition, diversion and transition center residents contribute part of their salaries to their own upkeep, further reducing costs to taxpayers.
4. Only centers open for the entirety of the fiscal year were used to determine the Cost Per Day and Cost Per Year figures for Transitional Centers.
5. Day Reporting Centers, midway between probation & confinement, give intensive daylong treatment & training to severe alcohol & substance-abuse probationers at high risk of revocation.

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DEATH PENALTY RESPONSIBILITY

The Georgia Department of Corrections has the responsibility for carrying out sentences of death. A law, passed in FY2000, changed the legal method of execution in Georgia from electrocution to lethal injection, effective for crimes committed on or after May 1, 2000.

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Anyone who commits a capital crime and receives a death sentence will be executed by lethal injection. In Georgia, over 40 men have been executed since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Georgia's death penalty in 1976. During FY2007, one inmate was executed. At the end of FY2007, there were a total of 102 inmates under the sentence of death. 101 are male, incarcerated at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, and one is female, incarcerated at Metro State Prison in Atlanta.
8 Number of Inmates on Death Row by County
(Only Top Counties Shown)

OFFENDER ADMINISTRATION

66 5

Computation Unit

44 4 4 44 4

This unit computes the maximum release date

for new sentences, probation revocations, addi-

tional sentences, boot camp sentences, and

parole revocations. It processes all amended,

corrected, and modified court orders affecting

the maximum release date and commutations

by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. It

processes the return of inmates to county of

Cobb Chatham Fulton Muscogee Baldwin Clayton Floyd Glynn Jones Richmond Spalding

conviction as a result of Reversals by Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia Decisions and Writ of

Habeas Corpus/Mandamus actions. The unit also prepares affidavits for the Georgia Attorney General's

Office.

Admissions Unit Nearly 20,000 offenders enter the prison system each year. This unit reviews all incoming court certified sentence documents for validity and examines each supporting document for legal requirements. If there are problems, court documents are returned to the Clerks of Court for clarification, correction, or additional information. Each new inmate is assigned a number that will be used to identify the inmate and the type of sentence to be served (i.e. felony, misdemeanor, boot camp, etc.). This unit also initiates the assignment order to diagnostic centers for pickup from county jails on new entries and processes the return of inmates on parole revocations.

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Releases And Agreement More than 18,000 inmates leave the prison system each year. This unit processes releases submitted by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and discharges based on the offender having served the maximum extent of his sentence (sometimes referred to as "maxing out"). As applicable, the unit generates the $25.00 discharge check provided to inmates at the end of their sentences. The unit processes court orders to release inmates to the U.S. Marshal Service or other federal agencies within the state. The unit also handles intra- and inter-state detainers (including those from federal agencies such as the Immigration and Naturalization Services), conditional transfers and discharges to other states, and court production orders. This unit makes travel arrangements for inmates to attend Habeas Corpus hearings, immigration hearings, or regular court appearances.
Jail Subsidy Offenders who have been sentenced to state custody are usually held in county jails until GDC can make arrangements to move them into a diagnostic center. The state has a period of 15 days to pick up the inmate after the sentencing materials are received. After this time, GDC pays $22 per day for each inmate who is still housed at county jails. This unit processes the requests for payment and arranges for the payments to be made to the county.
Jail Coordination Unit This unit is responsible for the pick-up of state sentenced inmates from county jails. All inmates must enter a Diagnostic prison for physical and mental health evaluations. About 400 inmates are transferred to the prison system weekly. These inmates are transferred to four male and one female diagnostic center. The jail coordination unit also works with the jails when problems arise concerning difficult inmates and those with medical problems.
Inmate Information Services This unit is responsible for disseminating, verifying and certifying the incarceration history information of all inmates. This includes scanning about 600 new sentences each week to generate offender files. Documents must be scanned, indexed and maintained according to applicable retention schedules. This unit also provides general details according to law and policy to citizens, law enforcement personnel and attorneys, the court circuits and other state agencies. The staff also manages all medical records of inmates according to HIPPA and the Open Records Request Act. The volume of incoming requests for medical files ranges from 125-175 requests per month.
Inmate Classification This unit reviews the information and recommendations in individual diagnostic packages of all incoming inmates. Based on this and the analysis of institutional and system needs, the unit makes assignments of inmates to institutions, including all state prisons, county prisons, inmate boot camps, transitional centers and private prisons. In addition, the staff responds to requests for changes in inmate security levels, institution program placement, inmate reassignment, and special needs' placement. The unit processes all paperwork related to escapes, recaptures, and extraditions as well as executive agreements between Georgia and other states. The placement and security decisions made by Inmate Classification directly affect the safety and security of both institutions and the communities where the inmates may work.
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INMATES BY COUNTY OF CONVICTION

County

Men Women

Appling

91

5

Atkinson

38

2

Bacon

57

1

Baker

14

0

Baldwin

337 23

Banks

80

10

Barrow

251 14

Bartow

538 61

Ben Hill

245 18

Berrien

83

12

Bibb

997 54

Bleckley

94

11

Brantley

49

4

Brooks

71

0

Bryan

95

8

Bulloch

465 24

Burke

198 9

Butts

150 7

Calhoun

41

4

Camden

142 9

Candler

82

3

Carroll

526 53

Catoosa

259 24

Charlton

56

3

Chatham

2,291 122

Chattahoochee 18

0

Chattooga

229 26

Cherokee

525 51

Clarke

456 28

Clay

24

2

Clayton

1,559 121

Clinch

46

4

Cobb

2,535 243

Coffee

213 20

Colquitt

300 16

Columbia

294 21

Cook

135 10

Coweta

514 40

Crawford

20

4

Crisp

275 20

Dade

143 13

Dawson

86

8

Decatur

287 22

DeKalb

2,942 148

Dodge

164 9

Dooly

97

4

Dougherty

951 65

Douglas

1,086 109

Early

74

0

Echols

11

0

Effingham

153 15

Elbert

158 11

Emanuel

146 9

TOTAL 96 40 58 14 360 90 265 599 263 95 1,051 105 53 71 103 489 207 157 45 151 85 579 283 59 2,413 18 255 576 484 26 1,680 50 2,778 233 316 315 145 554 24 295 156 94 309 3,090 173 101 1,016 1,195 74 11 168 169 155

Evans

81

3

84

County Men Women

Fannin

102 6

Fayette

262 29

Floyd

785 90

Forsyth

260 25

Franklin

135 9

Fulton

4,147 147

Gilmer

108 15

Glascock 3

1

Glynn

445 15

Gordon

281 30

Grady

218 12

Greene

108 7

Gwinnett 1,586 141

Habersham 119 9

Hall

749 61

Hancock

34

2

Haralson

82

5

Harris

105 3

Hart

108 3

Heard

58

6

Henry

506 50

Houston

575 45

Irwin

61

2

Jackson

195 16

Jasper

60

3

Jeff Davis 79

3

Jefferson 99

3

Jenkins

69

6

Johnson

56

2

Jones

138 9

Lamar

78

7

Lanier

41

4

Laurens

290 23

Lee

78

3

Liberty

245 13

Lincoln

44

0

Long

86

3

Lowndes 593 29

Lumpkin

84

6

Macon

71

3

Madison

143 9

Marion

49

2

McDuffie 191 11

McIntosh 66

3

Meriwether 197 12

Miller

33

1

Mitchell

180 18

Monroe

177 16

Montgomery 43

1

Morgan

85

7

Murray

239 18

Muscogee 1,743 117

Newton

522 41

Oconee

55

4

TOTAL 108 291 875 285 144 4,294 123 4 460 311 230 115 1,727 128 810 36 87 108 111 64 556 620 63 211 63 82 102 75 58 147 85 45 313 81 258 44 89 622 90 74 152 51 202 69 209 34 198 193 44 92 257 1,860 563

County Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
Not Reported

Men 48 211 89 81 56 41 134 72 127 13 65 43 1,808 407 24 135 65 579 172 35 235 38 14 158 75 131 78 297 322 251 29 70 675 70 44 56 236 370 298 335 41 113 150 12 28 74 697 60 75 61 141 2,578

Women TOTAL

3

51

14

225

1

90

6

87

0

56

3

44

8

142

11

83

5

132

0

13

6

71

1

44

104 1,912

31

438

0

24

8

143

7

72

47

626

22

194

2

37

15

250

3

41

2

16

6

164

4

79

12

143

2

80

21

318

13

335

20

271

5

34

2

72

60

735

4

74

5

49

2

58

22

258

44

414

17

315

20

355

3

44

6

119

15

165

1

13

1

29

9

83

80

777

3

63

5

80

2

63

6

147

217 2,795

59

TOTAL

49,655 3,515 53,170

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PROBATION OPERATIONS

PROBATION STATE VIEW

Probation is the most frequently used sentencing option in Georgia. During FY07, more than twice as

many offenders were admitted to state probation

(46,325) as were admitted to prison (19,916).

Probation supervises 64% of all offenders under state correctional supervision. Prisons and other residential facilities supervise 25% and Parole supervises 11%

HTV/DUI Sex Offenses

Other

Violent

of the state correctional population. Probation officers

Drugs

are still assigned in each of the 49 judicial circuits in

the State of Georgia. Each circuit has at least one

Property

and sometimes several probation offices. There are

over one hundred full and part time offices. The cost

of probation supervision varies based on the type of

supervision being provided. Standard probation

supervision costs $1.30 per probationer per day. Intensive or Specialized Probation Supervision costs

Active Probationers by Crime Type

$3.40 per day.

COURT SERVICES The Statewide Probation Act of 1956 created probation as a statutory alternative to incarceration. Originally, this Act was interpreted to require one officer in every judicial circuit to assist the judge. Now probation is recognized as a critical component of the correctional system. They are present in the courtroom and prepare some of the legal documents required as a part of the sentencing and revocation processes. Judges of Superior Courts depend on probation officers to provide information and, in many cases, make recommendations in the disposition of criminal actions. Officers also supervise probationers according to the court-ordered conditions and the risk posed to public safety, providing accurate documentation and feedback to the court as necessary.

Crime Type Violent Property Drugs HTV/DUI Sex Offenses Other

Population End of FY07 22,240 (15.6%) 49,309 (34.6%) 52,198 (36.6%) 1,583 (1.1%) 6,603 (4.6%) 10,730 (7.5%)

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FIELD OPERATIONS Fiscal year 2007 began with 137,748 probationers under field supervision. By the end of the fiscal year, the population was 142,663, an increase of 3.5% over FY2006 figures. At the same time, the number of misdemeanants under supervision continued to fall, and by the end of the fiscal year, represented less than 1% (814) of the probation population.

The most common crime type was drug-related crimes, sales and possession, (37%), but property crimes were a close second (35%). There were 28,843 offenders on probation for violent or sexual crimes.

Probationers under state supervision are assessed to determine their level of risk for re-offending. They are supervised according to results of the assessment. This allows more time and effort to be devoted to those offenders who pose the most risk to the community.

As a condition of their probation,

offenders must agree to allow proba-

tion officers to visit them in their homes

and workplaces. Officers may also

require probationers to come to the

probation office to report. Depending

on the specific conditions in the court

order, probationers may be required to

Active Probationers by Case Type

submit to alcohol or drug testing.

The average caseload in Georgia is

approximately 210 probationers per

officer. The adjacent chart shows the distribution of the street probation population, by case type, at the

end of FY2007. 117,774 (82.5%) were given straight probation by the sentencing judge; 21,603 (15.2%)

were given split sentence with probation to follow their term of prison incarceration; and 3,286 (2.3%) were

probationers who are completing their original out of state terms of probation in Georgia.

DAY REPORTING CENTERS
Day Reporting Centers comprise a statewide program specifically for offenders with significant needs but who are not such a threat to public safety requiring supervision in a community corrections or prison setting. Offenders report each day to carry out elements of their sentences and address identified needs such as cognitive behavioral problems, academic education deficiencies, and vocational skill deficits affecting their employability and/or substance abuse programming addressing problems of addiction or abuse. Currently, there are five Day Reporting Centers in operation statewide, each serving approximately 100 offenders at any given time. These Centers are located in Rome, Griffin, Tifton, Clayton, and Macon Georgia. As part of the Day Reporting Center program, offenders are required to perform community service to the local communities to fulfill the offender's "symbolic restitution" to the community. The operating costs per offender are $9.18 per day.

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INTENSIVE PROBATION SUPERVISION Intensive Probation Supervision (IPS) may be used as a direct sentencing option or may be used as a sanction as a result of a revocation or sentence modification hearing. IPS is available in all of the circuits. The program emphasizes high levels of surveillance and intervention for the purpose of influencing the offender's thought pattern and behavior. Critical elements of IPS supervision include mandated employment and curfew. Officers may make contact with the probationer at any time, twenty-four hours a day. House arrest may also be ordered for IPS offenders. This condition allows the offender to leave his or her home only for essential activities (e.g., work, medical attention). At the end of the fiscal year, there were 3,110 probationers on IPS.
SPECIALIZED PROBATION SUPERVISION Specialized Probation Supervision (SPS) is a statewide program specifically for offenders who commit sexual crimes. Each circuit has at least one officer specially trained to supervise an SPS caseload. SPS is highly restrictive and structured. Travel and computer access are often curtailed, and offenders are required to keep the assigned probation officer aware of their whereabouts and activities. Probationers assigned to SPS are typically required to attend treatment by a certified provider. Sanctions are enforced if the probationer fails to attend and actively participate in treatment. It is the goal of Probation to protect the community from further victimization by sex offenders by maintaining specialized standards of supervision, providing support to victims and ensuring the offenders receive the most effective treatment possible. At the end of the FY07 there were 6,603 probationers on SPS.
Working with an offender population presents special challenges for some treatment providers and not all providers are able to meet this challenge. For example, many sex offenders are court-ordered to obtain treatment but some of the local providers did not meet the high standards set by GDC for providing a treatment regimen that properly addressed the criminal justice aspects of the deviant behavior.
Accordingly, Probation Field Operations now maintains a list of treatment providers who have the appropriate credentials and have agreed to abide by conditions set forth by the state regarding the treatment of sex offenders.
Probation officers collect DNA samples from probationers convicted of certain sex crimes using a buccal swab technique. This procedure is performed by rubbing a sterile cotton swab against the inside of the probationer's cheek. The swab is then sent in a sealed container to the crime lab at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after documenting the testing electronically. The lab adds the sample results to its existing database of DNA to assist in identifying repeat offenders and, in some cases, eliminating suspects.
Since 1996, sex offenders have been required to register on the Sex Offender Registry maintained by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. In July 1999, Probation received the technology to send the information and a digital photograph of the offender directly from the field offices into the database. Citizens may access the database through the GBI website or links from the GDC public website.
Global Positioning Monitors also play a part in enhancing the safety of the community. The purpose of the monitors is to establish the distance between probationers' residences and places where potential victims congregate. If the officers know that the offender lives close to potential victims, the officers will have the opportunity to intervene before the probationer can re-offend. In some cases, probationers are required to relocate their residences to avoid victim groups.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
As part of the offender's "symbolic restitution" to the community, the probation sentence may include a requirement that the offender perform a specified number of hours of unpaid labor for local government or nonprofit agencies. This community service requirement sometimes takes the form of unskilled labor such as picking up trash along roads or working on the landscaping of public buildings. Other more skilled activities have included mechanical work on government vehicles, extensive landscaping, remodeling public buildings, electrical wiring, plumbing and painting. Community Service crews also often assist in cleanup after disasters such as tornados. Many communities continue to rely on the community service workforce to collect refuse, maintain local facilities, operate recycling centers, and perform minor construction and renovation at parks or other public areas.
During FY2007, probationers worked over 891,235.64 hours of skilled and unskilled community service. Although there is an increasing amount of skilled labor involved in the tasks performed by probationers doing community service work, calculation of the value of community service hours is based on the minimum wage of $5.15 per hour. At this rate, the work was worth over $4.5 million.
Along with monitoring the activities of the probationers, probation officers have a responsibility to collect court ordered fees, fines, and restitution from them. In accordance with OCGA 42-8-34, probation officers collect $23 or $29 in fees from each actively supervised probationer each month.
Three or nine dollars of this is for the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund. (Probationers convicted of crimes committed after May 13, 2002 are required to pay $9 per month for the Crime Victims Fund.) Onetime fees ($50 for felonies and $25 for misdemeanors) are collected to support the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab. Each court may add other fees and fines. The court may require restitution be paid to the victim. In this case, the offender usually pays at the probation office and the funds are then sent to the victim.
Including the value of community service, probation staffs were instrumental in collecting over $57 million for the State of Georgia and the victims of crime.
During FY2007, there were 48,369 releases from probation, with the majority being released having fulfilled the court orders of probation. A total of 2,923 of the 142,663 offenders on probation committed new crimes while under supervision. These offenders were sent to prison.
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FOOD & FARM SERVICES
Food and Farm Services feeds 42,000 inmates per day at a cost of $1.48 per day per offender. The unit also negotiates and oversees contracts with other state agencies to feed 5,300 inmates. Food and Farm Services uses a 28-day master menu serving 3,000 calories per day. A statewide-computerized inventory system is used for cost control and warehouse shipping.
Across the state, the section oversees 14,196 acres. Overall 45 percent of the food consumed by the inmate population is produced on GDC farms. This includes all of the milk, eggs, beef and pork as well as 100 percent of the canned vegetables that can be grown in the Southeastern United States.

SITE

ACREAGE

PRODUCES

Rogers SP Farm

9,600 Canned vegetables, milk, beef, pork, & eggs

Montgomery SP Farm

43

Eggs

Wayne SP Farm

132

Fresh fruits & vegetables, as well as feed

Dooly SP Farm

125

Fresh fruits & vegetable, as well as feed

Joe Kennedy Farm

2,600

Beef & commodities for livestock feed

Middle Georgia Regional Farm (consists of farms at Milledgeville, Johnson)

1,100

Beef & commodities for livestock feed

Lee Arrendale SP Farm

596

Beef & commodities for livestock feed

The section oversees the operations of a canning plant, slaughter plants, meat processing plants, milk processing plants, and fresh vegetable processing facilities, as well as warehousing operations. Food and Farm Services is also responsible for managing the Department's Timber resources.
The Food and Farm Operation trains inmates in food production, processing, warehousing and preparation. Nearly 5,000 inmates are assigned to the operation: 448 in Farm Services, 75 in the Food Distribution Unit, and 4,383 in Food Service Operations.

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GEORGIA CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI) helps to ensure that time spent in prison is productive time. It does this by operating factories at 15 state prisons, providing meaningful work and valuable job training for up to 1,400 adult inmates in the state prison system. Inmates working in these factories develop marketable job skills and a positive work ethic needed for employment when they return to their community. Typically, there are over 400 GCI inmates enrolled in OJT Certificate Programs through local technical colleges. At the same time, the high-quality goods produced by these inmates are available to government agencies at a very competitive price.
GCI was created in 1960 by the Georgia Legislature as a public corporation. It is self-supporting but owned by the state. It receives no appropriation of funds from the state but relies solely on revenue generated through the sale of its products. It operates factories throughout the state, manufacturing a diverse line of products, including:
Office Furniture Modular Systems Furniture File Cabinets Institutional Security Furnishings Janitorial and Cleaning Chemicals Institutional Garments and Textiles Knitted Raw Material Goods for Garments Printing Service Signs and Decals License Plates Shoes and Hosiery Mattresses and Bedding Custom Embroidery Service Prescription Eyewear Dispensing System Chemicals for Kitchen
and Laundry
While inmates are not paid a wage for their labor, they clearly can benefit from the training they receive through GCI. In fact, GCI's operations benefit everyone involved: the inmates, the Department of Corrections, the taxpayers and the employees. GCI's sales of over $25 million in FY2007 and over 1400 inmates working in its factories attest to its continued accomplishment of its mission.
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GCI Plant Locations
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ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
" " ...not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth. ADMINISTRATION DIVISION 57

The Administration Division has two main functions in supporting the Department of Corrections:
a. Financial management involves the development, allocation and management of resources to support the operations and strategic directions of the Department. It also ensures the proper execution of agency financial transactions including purchasing, accounting and payroll. The FY2007 Annual Operating Budget for the Department is $1,122,305,272 with an annual payroll of $593.7 million for over 15,000 budgeted employees.
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION

b. Asset management involves ensuring that the Department is accountable for the acquisition and use of assets, and that those assets are maintained and audited according to state and federal requirements.
The Department's inventory of property items exceeds $100 million in value and its infrastructure is valued at approximately $2.4 billion.

FINANCIAL SERVICES: Financial Services is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the financial management system and all financial transactions made by the Department. Staff is responsible for the timely and accurate recording of revenues and expenditures. This is accomplished by three main functional areas:

Payroll

Harris Hodges Director

Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable

Payroll is responsible for the accurate recording of expenses associated with the Department's salaries and related deductions such as taxes, garnishments and employee benefits.

Accounts Payable is responsible for the accurate recording of expenses associated with the Department's operations other than salaries. Accounts Receivable is responsible for the accurate recording of the Department's revenue, receivables and deposits. All of the aforementioned areas are responsible for assisting the field units as needed. Also, each area is responsible for the distribution or receipt of cash associated with its related transactions.

BUDGET SERVICES:
The Budget Services Section of the Administration Division is responsible for the Agency's $1,122,305,272 budget, which includes grants, state, federal and other funds. This section serves as the central coordinating entity for the development, allocation and management of the Department's resources. Guidance is provided to all Divisions as well as to each field and central office location to support their operations and to help them achieve their goals. Additionally, the budget team serves as liaison with the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the House Budget Office and the Senate Budget Office to ensure the Department's needs are funded and that the Department is in compliance with state law, policies and procedures.

BUSINESS PROCESSES: The Business Processes Section has statewide responsibility for reviewing and monitoring the business practices and standards of the Department. This section reviews field activity on a recurring basis, which includes accounting, budget and procurement processes; motor vehicle (fleet) and property inventory; as well as numerous agency specific activities. The section's mission is accomplished utilizing field business managers who are responsible for providing technical assistance, staff training and compliance monitoring.

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The Business Processes Section is also responsible for the Department's records management program, which encompasses the development and implementation of a system for retaining and destroying GDC records in conformity with the Georgia Records Act. This unit also serves as the Department's liaison with the state's Risk Management Services group in the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS), processing property loss insurance claims.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: The Business Management Section provides a variety of specialized business support services to the Department. It provides business transaction and budget management support to the Corrections Division, including both facility and probation operations. This Section manages the Institutional Telephone Service (inmate collect call phone system). Contract compliance by the vendor, called party complaints, and revenue generation is monitored. This section also oversees the bidding, award and administration of contracts for certain privately provided services such as inventory supply for the inmate commissaries.
Planning for an additional mission for the Business Management Section also began in FY07. The Budget Consolidation Initiative was conceived to consolidate all GDC budget and business operations from the OPT and Corrections Divisions into the Administration Division in order to gain efficiencies in staffing, processes, and accountability. Planning began in February 2007 with the goal of full implementation by the middle of FY2008.
CARE AND CUSTODY: The Care and Custody Program is a statewide program responsible for the purchasing, inventory management and distribution of commodities for inmates housed in correctional facilities and uniform and equipment for staff. Through this program, clothing and equipment are purchased and issued to select agency personnel and inmates are provided clothing, bedding and personal care items. The inventory and distribution system is coordinated through central office staff, two warehouse operations and field advisors, who are responsible for providing technical assistance, trouble shooting and monitoring compliance with program standards in the field.
FISCAL AUDITS: The Fiscal Audit Section is responsible for auditing the collections of court-ordered fines, fees and restitution at collecting probation offices statewide. Inmate and commissary accounts in state prisons, and resident and vending accounts at diversion, transitional and detention centers are also audited. Additionally, the auditors complete commissary inventories and verify that pricing and general operations are in accordance with standard operating procedures. Sales in the prison commissaries exceeded $29,000,000 in FY2007. The section also installs new accounting software and trains field staff on the use of the applications.
PURCHASING: The Purchasing Section has delegated authority from the DOAS to acquire materials, supplies, equipment and services for the Department of Corrections. The Purchasing staff is responsible for creating internal procedures to ensure that the Department is compliant with all state purchasing policies, rules and regulations. This Section administers the purchasing card program, aids in the development of bid documents and requests for proposals. Staff participates in outreach efforts to the small and minority vendor community by participating in the Governor's Small and Minority Regional Expositions held in locations around the state and in the annual Small and Minority Business Conference. The GDC Purchasing Section manages the mailroom and mail distribution for the Department.
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FY2007 EXPENDITURES

SUB-CLASS
Personal Services Regular Operating Motor Vehicle Purchases Equipment Computer Charges Real Estate Rentals Telecommunications Capital Outlay Contracts Utilities Health Services Purchases Court Costs County Subsidy County Subsidy for Jails Central Repair Fund Central State Hospital Meal Payments Central State Hospital Utility Payments Meal Payments Public Safety Inmate Release Funds Contracts UGA Extension Service Minor Construction Fund
FY2007 EXPENDITURE TOTAL

EXPENSES
593,783,904 69,289,263 1,233,905 3,206,497 4,137,362 8,492,459 9,376,029 33,152,095 88,579,165 35,805,690
180,229,026 1,308,472
37,526,555 4,798,492 384,240 4,338,920 1,741,296 829,907 1,620,304 413,931 496,067
1,080,743,578

State Fund Expenditures Federal Other

997,422,186 16,681,900 66,639,492

Total Federal & Other

83,321,392

State Treasury Collections Probation & Crime Fees TC room & board Misc
Total
Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund

11,016,423 3,497,756
12,429
14,526,608
4,129,343

The Georgia Department of Corrections' FY2007 expenditures totaled $1,080,743,578. Almost $83.3 million of that amount was in non-state funds that came from federal funds (such as child nutrition, bond funds, substance abuse and violent offender incarceration); room and board fees from diversion center residents; receipts from county, city, Georgia Correctional Industries and Department of Transportation work details; monies from central project telephone funds; and other miscellaneous fund sources. Additional non-state funds that we collect that are not included in the budget (but are remitted directly to the State Treasury) are $11,016,423 in probation and crime fees from probationers; $3,497,756 in room and board fees from transitional center residents; and $12,429 in other miscellaneous monies. Also not included is $4,129,343 in victims' fees that we collected from probationers and submitted directly to the Office of Planning and Budget for the Georgia Crime Victims' Emergency Fund.
As we move forward from "Good to Great," we look for ways to improve our fiscal efficiency. The following charts depict an overview of the department's operational budget history and health care costs for FY2007:

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60

GDC 6-YEAR BUDGET HISTORY
* (with 2008 budget projections )

58,375
Inmates

46,737
Inmates

48,368
Inmates

47,921
Inmates

52,232
Inmates

53,645
Inmates

*

6-Year Operational Budget History: While the inmate population grew from 46,737 in FY2003 to 53,645 (a 15% increase in FY2007), the GDC budget increased 8%. During the same period, the number of authorized positions in the department decreased by 496 from16,038 to 15,542. Efficiencies in staffing allowed the department to supervise more inmates with less staff.

FY07 Budget Breakdown, illustrated in this chart, depicts how the FY2007 budget of $1 billion is broken

down into major categories within the department. The largest por-

57.89%

Total FY07 Budget:
$1,024,846,682

tion of the budget, 57.89% is for Personal Services which includes salaries and benefits for 15,500

Personal Services $593, 263,492

Computer 0.23% $2,358,715 Infrastructure Repairs
& $1,000,000

departmental employees. The

next largest category at 16.51% is to provide constitutionally mandated healthcare for the inmate population, followed by Regular

Regular Operating $112,886,043

Health $169,228,080

Operating Expenses at 11.01%,

16.51%

which are the operating costs for

Subsidies

all GDC facilities, probation offices and central office. Other categories include Contracts and

9% Contracts $92,186,950

0.84%
Real Estate $8,648,510

11.01%

$43,824,892 0.14% 4.28% Inmate Release $1,450,000

Subsidies which are fees paid to private prisons, county correctional institutions and county jails for hous-

ing state inmates. Real Estate is for private property leased by GDC for probation offices and other facili-

ties. The Computer category is for the department's information technology system. Inmate Release is for

$25 and a bus ticket home given to each inmate as they are released from custody. And finally,

Infrastructure Repairs are for minor repairs to buildings and facilities.

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INMATE HEALTH CARE COSTS

Remainder Inmates $25,269,271

Top 101 - 200 $6,007,544

Top 100 $17,705,834

FY2007 INMATE CLAIMS EXPENSE
(80% of Direct Care Costs)
Direct care claims totaled $48,982,649 in FY2007 and 48% of that total was spent on treatment for the Top 200 sickest inmates out of an inmate population of over 53,000. The Top 100 sickest inmates accounted for 36% of the total amount spent on all inmates.
GDC Inmate Healthcare Costs - 6 Year Budget History shows the growth in inmate population between FY2003 and FY2007 and the corresponding increase in cost for providing constitutionally mandated healthcare to inmates. Direct care is the fastest growing portion of the healthcare budget and is healthcare provided to the sickest inmates by medical providers outside of the prison system. While the total healthcare budget increased by 46% during this time period, the cost for direct care grew by 79%.
6-YEAR INMATE HEALTHCARE COSTS BUDGET HISTORY
(Includes 2008 Cost Projections)

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION 62

STATE PRISONS
Lee Arrendale SP P.O. Box 709 Alto, GA 30510 (706) 776-4700
Augusta SMP 3001 Gordon Hwy. Grovetown, GA 30813 (706) 855-4700
Autry SP P.O. Box 648 Pelham, GA 31779 (229) 294-2940
Baldwin SP P.O. Box 218 Hardwick, GA 31034 (478) 445-5218
Bostick SP P.O. Box 1700 Hardwick, GA 31034 (478) 445-4623
Burruss CTC P.O. Box 5849 Forsyth, GA 31029 (478) 994-7511
Calhoun SP P.O. Box 249 Morgan, GA 39866 (229) 849-5000
Central SP 4600 Fulton Mill Rd. Macon, GA 31208 (478) 471-2906
Coastal SP P.O. Box 7150 Garden City, GA31418 (912) 965-6330
Dodge SP P.O. Box 276 Chester, GA 31012 (478) 358-7200
Dooly SP P.O. Box 750 Unadilla, GA 31091
Georgia Diagnostic & Classification SP P.O. Box 3877 Jackson, GA 30233 (770) 504-2000

Georgia SP 300 1st Ave., S. Reidsville, GA 30453 (912) 557-7301
Hancock SP P.O. Box 339 Sparta, GA 31087 (706) 444-1000
Hays SP P.O. Box 668 Trion, GA 30753 (706) 857-0400
Homerville SP P.O. Box 337 Homerville, GA 31634 (912) 487-3052
Johnson SP P.O. Box 344 Wrightsville, GA 31096 (478) 864-4100
Lee SP 153 Pinewood Dr. Leesburg, GA 31763 (229) 759-6453
Macon SP P.O. Box 426 Oglethorpe, GA 31068 (478) 472-3400
Men's SP P.O. Box 396 Hardwick, GA 31034 (478) 445-4702
Metro SP 1301 Constitution Rd. Atlanta, GA 30316 (404) 624-2200
Milan SP P.O. Box 410 Milan, GA 31060 (229) 362-4900
Montgomery SP P.O. Box 256 Mt. Vernon, GA 30445 (912) 583-3600
Phillips SP 2989 W. Rock Quarry Rd. Buford, GA 30519 (770) 932-4500

DIRECTORY

Pulaski SP P.O. Box 839 Hawkinsville, GA 31036 (478) 783-6000
Rivers SP P.O. Box 1500 Hardwick, GA 31034 (478) 445-4591
Rogers SP 1978 GA Hwy. 147 Reidsville, GA 30453 (912) 557-7771
Rutledge SP P.O. Box 8409 Columbus, GA 31908 (706) 568-2340
Scott SP P.O. Box 417 Hardwick, GA 31034 (478) 445-5375
Smith SP P.O. Box 726 Glennville, GA 30427 (912) 654-5000
Telfair SP P.O. Box 549 Helena, GA 31037 (229) 868-7721

P.O. Box 219 Odum, GA 31555 (912) 586-2244
Wilcox SP P.O. Box 397 Abbeville, GA 31001 (229) 467-3000
COUNTY PRISONS
Athens/Clarke Co. Prison 2825 County Farm Rd. Augusta, GA 30605 (706) 613-3400
Augusta/Richmond Co. Prison 2314 Tobacco Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 798-5572
Bulloch Co. Prison 17301 US 301 North Statesboro, GA 30458 (912) 764-6217
Carroll Co. Prison 96 Horsley Mill Rd. Carrollton, GA 30117 (912) 764-6217

Valdosta SP P.O. Box 310 Valdosta, GA 31603 (229) 333-7900
Walker SP P.O. Box 98 Rock Springs, GA 30739 (706) 764-3600
Ware SP 3620 North Harris Rd. Waycross, GA 31503 (912) 285-6400
Washington SP P.O. Box 206 13262 Hwy. 24E Davisboro, GA 31018 (478) 348-5814
Wayne SP

Clayton Co. Prison P.O. Box 309 Lovejoy, GA 30250 (770) 4733-5777
Colquitt Co. Prison P.O. Box 339 2010 County Farm Moultrie, GA 31776 (229) 616-7490
Coweta Co. Prison 101 Selt Rd. Newnan, GA 30263 (770) 254-3723
Decatur Co. Prison 1153 Airport Rd. Bainbridge, GA 39817 (229) 248-3035
Effingham Co. Prison P.O. Box 235 Springfield, GA

31329 (912) 754-2108
Floyd Co. Prison 329 Black Bluff Rd. Rome, GA 30161 (706) 236-2494
Gwinnett Co. Prison P.O. Box 47 Lawrenceville, GA 30046 (678) 407-6000
Hall Co. Prison 1694 Barber Rd. Gainesville, GA 30507 (770) 536-3672
Harris CCI 9982 Hwy. 16 Hamilton, GA 31811 (706) 628-4959
jackson Co. Prison 255 Curtis Spence Dr. Jefferson, GA 30549 (706) 387-6450
Jefferson Co. Prison 1159 Clarks Mill Rd. Louisville, GA 30434 (478) 625-7230
Mitchell Co. Prison 4838 Hwy. 37 East Camilla, GA 31730 (229) 336-2045
Muscogee Co. Prison 7175 Sacredote Ln. Columbus, GA 31907 (706) 561-3220
Screven Co. Prison P.O. Box 377 Sylvania, GA 30467 (912) 863-4555
Spalding Co. Prison 295 Justice Blvd. Griffin, GA 30224 (770) 467-4760
Stewart Co. Prison

P.O. Box 157 Lumpkin, GA 31815 (229) 838-4385
Sumter Co. Prison P.O. Box 484 Americus, GA 31709 (229) 928-4582
Terrell Co. Prison 3110 Albany Hwy. Dawson, GA 31742 (229) 995-5381
Thomas Co. Prison 324 County Farm Rd. Thomasville, GA 31757 (229) 226-4394
Troup Co. Prison 2508 Hamilton Rd. LaGrange, GA 30241 (706) 883-1720
PRIVATE PRISONS
Coffee Correctional Facility (Corrections Corp. of America) P.O. Box 650 Nicholls, GA 31554 (912) 345-5058
D. Ray James Correctional Facility (Cornell Corporation) P.O. Box 2000 Folkston, GA 31537 (912) 496-6242
Wheeler Correctional Facility (Corrections Corp. of America) 1100 North Broad St. Alamo, GA 30411 (912) 568-1731
PRISON BOOT CAMPS
Baldwin BC P.O. Box 218 Hardwick, GA 31034 (478) 445-5218

DIRECTORY 63

Burruss BC P.O. Box 5849 Forsyth, GA 31029 (478) 994-7511
TRANSITIONAL CENTERS
Albany TC 304 N. Washington Albany, GA 31701 (229) 430-3888
Atlanta TC 332 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 206-5103
Augusta TC 601 Taylor St. Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 721-1650
Clayton TC 242 Falcon Dr. Forest Park, GA 30297 (404) 675-1500
Coastal TC 309 Styles Ave. Savannah, GA 31415 (912) 651-0900
Columbus TC 3900 Shatulga Rd. Columbus, GA 31907 (706) 568-2167
Helms TC 1275 Constitution Rd. Atlanta, GA 30316 (404) 624-2413
LaGrange TC P.O. Box 1309 LaGrange, GA 30241 (706) 845-4018
Macon TC 1100 Second St. Macon, GA 31201 (478) 751-6090
Metro Women's TC 1303 Constitution Rd. Atlanta, GA 30316 (404) 624-2380
Savannah Men's TC 1250 E. Presidents

St. Savannah, GA 31404 (912) 651-6372
PROBATION DETENTION CENTERS
Bainbridge PSATC P.O. Box 1010 Bainbridge, GA 39818 (229) 248-2463
Bacon PDC P.O. Box 904 Alma, GA 31510 (912) 632-8157
Bleckly PDC P.O. Box 519 Cochran, GA 31014 (478) 934-3303
Central PDC P.O. Box 190 Cadwell, GA 31009 (478) 689-4750
Colwell PDC 797 Beasley St. Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-3610
I.W. Davis PDC P.O. Box 730 Jefferson, GA 30549 (706) 367-1732
Emanuel PDC P.O. Box 1430 Twin City, GA 30471 (478) 763-2400
Emanuel PDC Swainsboro Unit P.O. Box 218 Swainsboro, GA 30401 (478) 289-2748
Virgil W. McEver, Jr. PDC P.O. Box 1480 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 988-7024
Northwest PDC 1030 W. Girrard St. Cedartown, GA 30125 (770) 749-2300

Patten PDC P.O. Box 278 Lakeland, GA 31635 (229) 482-8241
Paulding PDC 1295 N. Industrial Blvd. Dallas, GA 30132 (770) 443-7807
Rockdale-Dekalb PDC 2165 Chambers Dr. Conyers, GA 30012 (770) 388-5777
Smith PDC P.O. Box 726 Glennville, GA 31034 (912) 654-5000
Southeast PDC P.O. Box 869 Claxton, GA 30417 (912) 739-1911
Southwest PDC P.O. Box 3188 Moultrie, GA 31776 (229) 891-7180
Terrell Co. PDC P.O. Box 779 Dawson, GA 39842 (229) 995-6701
Truetlen PDC P.O. Box 707 Soperton, GA 30457 (912) 529-6760
West Central PDC P.O. Box 589 Zebulon, GA 30295 (770) 567-0831
Western PDC P.O. Box 2250 Butler, GA 31006 (478) 862-5851
Whitworth PDC P.O. Box 769 Hartwell, GA 30643 (706) 856-2601
Women's PDC P.O. Box 920 Claxton, GA 30417 (912) 739-0716

PROBATION BOOT CAMPS
West GA PBC P.O. Box 690 Bremen, GA 30110 (770) 537-5143
DIVERSION CENTERS
Albany DC P.O. Box 50188 Albany, GA 31703 (229) 430-4306
Alcovy DC P.O. Box 1600 Monroe, GA 30655 (770) 207-4171
Athens DC P.O. Box 1229 Athens, GA 30603 (706) 542-8628
Augusta DC P.O. Box 5706 Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 771-4763
Clayton DC P.O. Box 2283 Forest Park, GA 30298 (404) 363-7680
Gainesville DC 1002 Aviation Blvd. Gainesville GA 30501 (770) 535-5723
Gateway DC 1100 Sylvan Rd. Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 756-4600
Griffin DC P.O. Box 1086 Griffin, GA 30224 (770) 229-3327
Macon DC 200 Henry St. Macon, GA 31206 (478) 751-6197
Rome DC 100 Marable Way Rome, GA 30165 (706) 295-6418
Thomasville DC P.O. Box 980 Thomasville, GA 1799 (229) 225-4025

Tommy M. Rouse DC P.O. Box 759 Waycross, GA 31502 (912) 285-6028
FIELD PROBATION OFFICES
Acworth PO P.O. Box 910 Marietta, GA 30061 (770) 975-4161
Adel PO 107 N. Parrish Ave. Adel, GA 31620 (229) 896-7525
Albany PO P.O. Box 822 Albany, GA 31709 (229) 430-3068
Americus PO P.O. Box 226 Americus, GA 31709 (229) 931-2537
Appling PO P.O. Box 344 Appling, GA 30802 (706) 541-0249
Athens PO P.O. Box 1146 Athens, GA 30605 (706) 369-6000
Atlanta Mid-Town PO 353 Parkway Dr. Atlanta, GA 30312 (404) 463-4333
Atlanta PO 160 Pryor St. Room JG-54 Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 656-4600
Atlanta PO (Court Services) 160 Pryor St. JG-54 Atlanta, GA 30303
Atlanta PO (Transfer) 160 Pryor St. JG-54 Atlanta, GA 30303
Atlanta PO (Programs/IPS) 3201 Atlanta Industrial Pkwy.

Atlanta, GA 30331 (404) 505-0133
Atlanta South PO1 1568 Willingham Dr. Suite G-102 College Park, GA 30337 (404) 559-6661
Atlanta South PO2 1568 Willingham Dr. Suite G-102 College Park, GA 30349 (404) 559-6661
Atlanta SSU 3201 Atlanta Ind.Pkwy. Bldg. 100-Suite 107 Atlanta, GA 30331 (404) 505-0133
Atlanta West PO 2001 MLK Jr., Dr. Suite 412 Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 756-4432
Augusta PO 901 Greene St. Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 721-1122
Bainbridge PO P.O. Box 1044 Bainbridge, GA 39818 (229) 248-2671
Barnesville PO P.O. Box 2000 Jackson, GA 30233 (770) 358-5167
Baxley PO 69 Tippens St. Suite 104 Baxley, GA 31513 (912) 366-1064
Blairsville PO 395 Cleveland St. Suite 3 Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 781-2360
Blakely PO P.O. Box 772 Blakely, GA 39823 (229) 723-4277

DIRECTORY 64

Blue Ridge PO 900 E. Main St. Suite 9 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 (706) 632-2149
Brunswick PO P.O. Box 178 Brunswick, GA 31521 (912) 262-3065
Buchanan PO P.O. Box 156 Buchanan, GA 30113 (770) 646-3810
Cairo PO P.O. Box 149 Cairo, GA 39828 (229) 377-5347
Calhoun PO P.O. Box 294 Calhoun, GA 30703 (706) 624-1414
Camilla PO P.O. Box 342 Camilla, GA 31730 (229) 522-3572
Canton PO 130 E. Main St. Suite G101 Canton, GA 30114 (770) 479-2602
Carnesville PO P.O. Box 371 Carnesville, GA 30521 (706) 384-4343
Carrollton PO 205 Tanner Street Suite B Carrollton, GA 30117 (770) 836-6704
Cartersville PO P.O. Box 771 Cartersville, GA 30120 (770) 387 3780
Cedartown PO P.O. Box 1771 Cedartown, GA 30125 (770) 749-2206

Clarkesville PO P.O. Box 2556 Clarkesville GA 30523 (706) 754-9315
Claxton PO P.O. Box 26 Claxton, GA 30417 (912) 739-9612
Clayton PO 25 Courthouse Sq. Suite 219 Clay ton, GA 30525 (706) 782-4727
Columbus PO P.O. Box 2337 Columbus, GA 31902 (706) 649-7484
Conyers PO P.O. Box 473 Conyers, GA 30012 (770) 388-5011
Donaldsonville PO P.O. Box 245 Donalsonville, GA 39845 (229) 524-2836
Douglas PO P.O. Box 1051 Douglas, GA 31534 (912) 389-4431
Douglasville PO 8723 Hospital Dr. Suite 1 Douglasville, GA 30134 (770) 489-3070
Dublin PO P.O. Box 2012 Dublin, GA 31040 (478) 275-6637
Eastman PO P.O. Box 4234 Eastman, GA 31023 (478) 374-6501
Eatonton PO P.O. Box 4223 Eatonton, GA 31024 (706) 484-2970
Elberton PO P.O. Box 725 Elberton, GA

30635 (706) 213-2032
Ellijay PO 368 Craig Street Suite 103 East Ellijay, GA 30540 (706) 635-5125
Fayetteville PO 135-A Bradford Sq. Fayetteville,GA 30215 (770) 460-2730
Fitzgerald PO P.O. Box 1168 Fitzgerald, GA 31750 (229) 426-5234
Fort Valley PO P.O. Box 754 Fort Valley, GA 31030 (478) 825-3136
Gainesville PO 2314 Murphy Blvd. Gainesville, GA 30504 (770) 535-5710
Gray PO P.O. Box 753 Gray, GA 31032 (478) 986-6611
Greensboro PO P.O. Box 282 Greensboro, GA 30642 (706) 453-7131
Greenville PO P.O. Box 582 Greenville, GA 30222 (706) 672-4971
Griffin PO 1435 N. Expressway Suite 302 Griffin, GA 30223 (770) 229-3132
Hartwell PO P.O. Box 715 Hartwell, GA 30643 (706) 856-2711
Hazelhurst PO P.O. Box 1060 Hazelhurst, GA 31539 (912) 375-4441

Hinesville PO P.O. Box 94 Hinesville, GA 31310 (912) 370-2571
Homerville PO 110 Court Sq. Homerville, GA 31313 (912) 370-2571
Jackson PO P.O. Box 2000 Jackson, GA 30233 (770) 504-2370
Jasper PO 37 Court St. Jasper, GA 30143 (706) 692-4805
Jesup PO P.O. Box 272 Jesup, GA 31598 (912) 427-5894
LaFayette PO 109 Main St. LaFayette, GA 30728 (706) 638-5531
LaGrange PO 206 Rear Ridley Ave. LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 845-4125
Lakeland PO P.O. Box 366 Lakeland, GA 31635 (229) 482-3303
Lawrenceville PO P.O. Box 1305 Lawrenceville, GA 30046 (770) 339-2222
Louisville PO P.O. Box 706 Louisville, GA 30434 (478) 625-3648
Lyons PO P.O. Box 658 Lyons, GA 30436 (912) 526-8311
Macon PO 200 Third St. Macon, GA 31201 (478) 751-6092

Marietta PO (North) 130 South Park Sq. Marietta, GA 30061 (770) 528-4923
McDonough PO 45 Keys Ferry St. McDonough, GA 30253 (770) 954-2004
McRae PO P.O. Box 151 McRae, GA 31055 (229) 868-3200
Milledgeville PO P.O. Box 1808 Milledgeville, GA 31059 (478) 445-4468
Millen PO P.O. Box 486 Millen, GA 30442 (478) 982-2050
Monroe PO P.O. Box 129 Monroe, GA 30655 (770) 267-1347
Monticello PO 126 W. Green St. Suite 30 Monticello, GA 31064 (706) 468-4920
Morgan PO P.O. Box 143 Morgan, GA 39866 (229) 849-3795
Morrow PO 1331 Citizens Pkwy. Suite 201 Morrow, GA 30260 (770) 960-4100
Moultrie PO P.O. Box 1214 Moultrie, GA 31776 (229) 891-7270
Nashville PO 495 County Farm Rd. Nashville, GA 31639 (229) 686-9329

Newnan PO 51-B Perry St. Newnan, GA 30263 (770) 254-7204
Oglethorpe PO P.O. Box 372 Oglethorpe, GA 31068 (478) 472-3591
Perry PO Houston Co. Courthouse 201 Perry Parkway Perry , GA 31069 (478) 988-6750
Reidsville PO P.O. Box 636 Reidsville, GA 30456 (912) 557-1166
Ringgold PO Catoosa Co. Courthouse Room 204 Ringgold, GA 30726 (706) 295-6323
Rome PO 400 Broad St. Suite 100 Rome, GA 30161 (706) 295-6323
Sandersville PO P.O. Drawer 1015 Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 553-2450
Savannah PO P.O. Box 9504 Savannah, GA 31412 (912) 651-2204
Soperton PO P.O. Box 262 Soperton, GA 30457 (912) 529-6283
Springfield PO P.O. Box 820 Springfield, GA 31329 (912) 754-3257
Statesboro PO P.O. Box 238 Statesboro, GA 30459 (912) 871-1119

DIRECTORY 65

Swainsboro PO P.O. Drawer 940 Swainsboro, GA 30401
Sylvania PO 655 Frontage Rd. East Sylvania, GA 30467 (912) 564-7382
Watkinsville PO P.O. Box 92 Watkinsville, GA 30677 (706) 769-3959
Waycross PO P.O. Box 819 Waycross, GA 31502 (912) 287-6536
Waynesboro PO P.O. Box 89 Waycross, GA 30830 (706) 437-6849
Winder PO 22 Lee Street Winder, GA 30680 (770) 307-3065
Woodbine PO P.O. Box 400 Woodbine, GA 31569 (912) 576-599

DAY REPORTING CENTERS
Clayton DRC 1331 Citizens Pkwy. Morrow, GA 30260 (770) 960-2005
Griffin DRC 1435 North Expressway Suite 304 Griffin, GA 31201 (770) 229-3345
Macon DRC 543 Second St. Suite 101 Macon, GA 31201 (478) 751-4191
Rome DRC 1604 North Broad St. Rome, GA 30161 (706) 295-6323
Tifton DRC P. O. Box 1149 Tifton, GA 31794 (229) 391-6937

PRE-RELEASE CENTERS
Appling PreRelease CTR 252 W. Park Dr. Baxley, GA 31515
Pelham PreRelease CTR 410 Mize Street Pelham, GA 31779
Lamar PreRelease CTR 700 Gordon RD P. O. Box 70 Barnesville, GA 30204
Long Pre- Release CTR Rt 3, HWY 84, POBox 9 Ludowici, GA 31316
Turner PreRelease CTR 514 S.Railroad Ave. Sycamore, GA 31790
Western PreRelease CTR 1019 Belly Blvd. Butler, GA 31006
Wilkes PreRelease CTR 1430 Industrial Park Rd. Washington, GA 30673

DIRECTORY 66

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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ACTIVE INMATE POPULATION

ACTIVE INMATE PROFILE
RACE Nonwhite White GENDER Male Female AVERAGE AGE PROBATION TO FOLLOW EDUCATION LEVEL Up to 11th Grade GED or High School Graduate NUMBER OF PRIOR GEORGIA INCARCERATIONS Zero One Two

32,902 20,268
49,655 3,515 36.04
21,018
35,764 9,387
30,728 9,469
12,973

61.88% 38.12%
93.38% 6.62%
39.53%
67.26% 17.65%
57.79% 17.81% 24.40%

CHARTS, GRAPHS, TABLES & MAPS 68

INMATE RELEASES
FY2007 Inmate Releases by Crime Type July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
FY2007 Inmate Releases by Prison Sentence in Years July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
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INMATE ADMISSIONS/DEPARTURES

Inmate Admissions and Departures Fiscal Year 1997 - Fiscal Year 2007

25,000

Admits

Releases

22,635

20,000 15,000

16,003

20,637

20,001

17,634 16,072

17,866

17,934

17,988

15,925

15,814

16,034

16,614 17,16316,884

18,44318,665 18,980

14,327

19,916

18,023

18,675

10,000

5,000

0 1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

FY2007 Prison Admission by Crime Type July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007

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PROBATIONERS BY COUNTY OF CONVICTION

County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans

Men 202 129 68 52 821 230 740 2,023 320 257 2,661 226 124 208 186 726 270 401 119 377 121 1,023 689 75 3,118 45 454 2,014 974 92 1,740 191 7,894 404 713 636 356 831 109 504 337 336 558 4,486 253 246 2,808 2,664 321 39 372 273 241 112

Women 63 30 19 6 239 72 242 646 129 69 781 69 41 45 56 238 54 88 29 101 29 350 255 31 1,061 16 182 746 244 17 574 43 2,359 113 177 185 80 321 21 185 112 150 165 1,211 79 48 695 1,031 82 4 132 74 58 35

TOTAL 265 159 87 58 1,060 302 982 2,669 449 326 3,442 295 165 253 242 964 324 489 150 478 150 1,373 944 106 4,179 61 636 2,760 1,218 109 2,314 234 10,253 517 890 821 436 1,152 130 689 449 486 723 5,697 332 294 3,503 3,695 403 43 504 347 299 147

County Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee

Men 307 595 2,112 677 261 7,693 393 31 1,158 869 426 326 5,953 402 1,879 139 448 202 177 108 1,866 1,630 220 900 182 205 158 145 92 443 304 164 678 501 347 108 84 2,056 324 278 238 105 342 153 275 184 458 328 94 218 428 2,312 1,642 115

Women 76 245 748 232 77 1,421 128 1 348 336 106 67 1,759 160 596 29 103 53 61 24 644 519 27 247 39 61 37 23 29 109 63 39 188 103 116 22 16 595 122 52 43 28 88 34 84 36 98 93 20 39 114 835 403 28

TOTAL 383 840 2,860 909 338 9,114 521 32 1,506 1,205 532 393 7,712 562 2,475 168 551 255 238 132 2,510 2,149 247 1,147 221 266 195 168 121 552 367 203 866 604 463 130 100 2,651 446 330 281 133 430 187 359 220 556 421 114 257 542 3,147 2,045 143

County Men Women

Oglethorpe 111

20

Paulding 938

272

Peach

277

64

Pickens

265

85

Pierce

97

31

Pike

106

25

Polk

645

156

Pulaski

133

34

Putnam

348

88

Quitman 52

19

Rabun

229

73

Randolph 211

62

Richmond 2,739 839

Rockdale 778

279

Schley

103

19

Screven 271

102

Seminole 269

84

Spalding 805

355

Stephens 371

112

Stewart

125

24

Sumter

969

268

Talbot

59

5

Taliaferro 62

11

Tattnall

237

74

Taylor

114

30

Terlfair

188

65

Terrell

260

75

Thomas 1,259 336

Tift

716

161

Toombs

253

99

Towns

93

35

Treutlen 128

28

Troup

874

355

Turner

176

27

Twiggs

135

40

Union

164

67

Upson

331

107

Walker

821

276

Walton

1,410 348

Ware

463

143

Warren

88

10

Washington 170

49

Wayne

455

148

Webster 71

7

Wheeler 68

15

White

293

73

Whitfield 1,293 540

Wilcox

115

33

Wilkes

171

44

Wilkinson 157

49

Worth

356

57

Not Reported 2,432 824

TOTAL 110,117 32,587

TOTAL 131 1,210 341 350 128 131 801 167 436 71 302 273 3,578 1,057 122 373 353 1,160 483 149 1,237 64 73 311 144 253 335 1,595 877 352 128 156 1,229 203 175 231 438 1,097 1,758 606 98 219 603 78 83 366 1,833 148 215 206 413
3,256
142,704

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Classification - An inmate is classified for a particular security level and transferred to an appropriate prison based on assessment, which factors include crime type, security risk and prison behavior.
Correctional Officer - A Peace Officers Standard and Testing (POST) - certified justice professional who supervises inmates in prisons and probationers sentenced to community based facilities.
Cost Per Day - It costs an average of $47 per day (or about $18,000 per year) to incarcerate and feed an inmate. Almost half that cost is attributed to security costs. Inmates on death row have higher security costs and therefore cost the state approximately $64 per day (or $23,000 per year).

Private Prison - Operated by a private prison company (i.e. Cornell Corrections, Inc. or Corrections Corporations of America), the private prison houses state inmates and employs POST certified correctional staff to oversee the inmates.
Probation - A court-imposed sentence either suspending incarceration or following a period of incarceration. Probationers live in the community and are supervised according to the terms of the sentencing court.
Probation Officer - A POST certified law enforcement professional who enforces the orders of the courts while supervising offenders released to the community on probation sentences.

County Correctional Institution/Work Camp Operated by the counties, these work camps feed and house over 3,500 state prisoners who perform free labor for the communities. GDC pays the counties a daily rate of $20 per state inmate.
Diagnostic - Upon entering the system, inmates are screened for physical and mental health, skills, level of security risk, education and other background information.
Inmate - A person sentenced to incarceration. Georgia inmates wear white pants and shirts with "State Prisoner" in black stenciled on the back.
Interstate Compact - An agreement between Georgia and other states to provide supervision for probationers sentenced in one state and residing in another state.

Probationer - A person sentenced to supervision in the community under the direction of a probation officer, or a person sentenced to a term in a community based probation center.
Recidivisim - The study of the percentage of criminals who return to prison during a specified period of time. In Georgia, the average return-to-prison rate is 39 percent over a three-year period.
Restitution - Payment made by the offender to the crime victim and to the citizens of Georgia.
Tentative Parole Month - The date chosen by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant release to an inmate dependent on satisfactory prison behavior and other factors, such as new information or protests, which may lead the Parole Board to reconsider its decision.

Max Out Date - The date on which an inmate reaches the end of his court-imposed sentence. Also, "Maximum Release Date."
Parole - The release of an offender from confinement under continuing state custody and supervision and under conditions which, if violated, permit reimprisonment.

Under Death Sentence - There are 101 male inmates and 1 female inmate on death row. These inmates are serving a sentence punishable by death by lethal injection.
Visitation - The warden or superintendent of a facility determines inmate visitation policies. No conjugal visits are allowed in Georgia prisons.

Prison - State or county correctional institution which houses convicted offenders sentenced by the state.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: - How do I find out an inmates identification number, crime, tentative parole month, or place of incarceration?
A: Call Inmate Information Service at (404) 656-4661. Please provide the inmate's name, gender, date of birth and race. Also, it is helpful to have the inmate's social security number.
Q: What are the inmate visitation policies?

Q: - How can a citizen get a tour of a facility?
A: Contact the Office of Public Affairs at (404) 656-9772.
Q: Does the GDC coordinate tours for troubled youth?
A: YES! Contact the Office of Public Affairs at (404) 656-9772 regarding the Commissioner's Choose Freedom or Community Awareness Program.

Q: How can I apply to become a Correctional Officer or Probation Officer?
A: All applicants can obtain a job application at any GDC facility or at the Georgia Department of Labor. Call the GDC Job Hotline (404)656-4593 (option #4).
Q: What is the pay range for an entry-level position as a Correctional Officer or Probation Officer?

A: Visitation is a privilege that is permited under conditions determined by the warden or superintendent of a facility.
Q: I am a victim. How can I determine the status of my offender?
A: Victims can register with the Victim Services office at (404) 656-7660. Registered victims will be notified of an inmate's change of status, escape, recapture or death.

Q: How much does it cost to house an inmate per day (per year)?
A: It costs an average of $47 per day (or about $18,000 per year) to incarcerate and feed an inmate. Almost half of that cost is attributed to security costs. Inmates on death row have higher security costs. $64 per day (or $23,000 per year).
Q: What is the recidivism rate?

A: Correctional Officer - $23,613 Probation Officer - $30,027.
Q: Does Corrections have a website?
A: The web address for the Department of Corrections is www.dcor.state.ga.us.

Q: How can I get an inmate moved closer to me or further away from my community?
A: If you wish to have an inmate considered for transfer, contact the Classification section at (404) 656-4987.
Q: When will an inmate be considered for parole?
A: For parole decisions, call the State Board of Pardons and Paroles at (404) 656-5651. For the PAP Public Information Office contact (404) 651-5897.

A: The recidivism rate is the percentage of inmates who return to a Georgia prison within 3 years of their release.
Q: What is the difference between parole and probation?
A: The Board of Pardons and Paroles has the authority to select and release offenders for parole who are then subject to supervision by parole officers. A judge sentences an offender to probation in lieu of a prison sentence. A probation officer supervises the probationer.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SE
Suite 864, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4900
www.dcor.state.ga.us tel: 404.656.9772 fax: 404.656.6434