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| Georgia prison population declines |
| By chronicle.augusta.com - Walter C. Jones |
| Published: 05/21/2013 |
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ATLANTA -- A year after relaxing sentencing for minor crimes, Georgia is seeing the first hints of an inmate-population decline. Try unlimited access to our website, apps or e-edition for just 99¢ The most visible signs are at the county level where the total number of inmates in county jails has shrunk from 39,825 in April 2010 to 35,978 last month, a 9.7 percent decline. Still, 19 jails have more inmates than they are designed to house, but in 2010, 31 of them were over capacity. The impact is not yet obvious in state prisons. The 48,088 in government and private prisons and detention centers at the end of last year compares to 46,784 at the end of 2010, a 3.3 percent increase. Gov. Nathan Deal said he didn’t expect state prisons to shrink significantly for five years as he rolls out so-called accountability courts that offer local supervision for drug and alcohol offenders and those with mental illness. Keeping those offenders in their communities and out of state prisons will free up money for their treatment, he said. Read More. |
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