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| Chief: Meth fuels overcrowding |
| By Gainesville Times |
| Published: 09/12/2007 |
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GEORGIA - Georgia's skyrocketing inmate population can at least partially be blamed on the rise of methamphetamine use, the state's prison chief said during a Tuesday legislative brunch in Dahlonega. "Today we are taking between 250 and 300 meth-addicted offenders per month," Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner James Donald told a gathering sponsored by the White County Meth Task Force. "That's the equivalent of three 1,000-bed prisons each year." Donald said the system is taking in more prisoners than it is releasing. In 2006, more than 21,000 new inmates arrived, while about 18,000 were released, he said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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