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PROFILE/GEORGIA

NCJ Number
26250
Journal
Corrections Magazine Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 65-76
Author(s)
L E POWELL; M S SERRILL
Date Published
1974
Length
12 pages
Annotation
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND INMATE PROGRAMS FOR BOTH ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS OVERVIEW OF THE GEORGIA CORRECTIONS SYSTEM.
Abstract
GEORGIA, WHICH HAD A REPUTATION FOR BRUTALITY AND INHUMANE TREATMENT OF INMATES, HAS TAKEN GREAT STRIDES TO AMELIORATE THE PROBLEM. WORK RELEASE, FORMERLY NONEXISTENT, NOW INVOLVES 500 INMATES. IN-HOUSE LEGAL ADVICE IS AVAILABLE TO INMATES. PRISON INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN EXPANDED. BIG PROBLEMS STILL REMAIN, HOWEVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF OVERCROWDED INSTITUTIONS AND PLANNING. JUVENILE STATUS OFFENDERS ARE NO LONGER AUTOMATICALLY INCARCERATED THANKS TO A NEW LAW WHICH PROVIDES COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES FOR THEM. GUIDED GROUP INTERACTION IS THE PRIMARY TREATMENT MODALITY FOR JUVENILES.