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Pilot Program Helps Rural Georgia Probationers Stay Out Of Prison
By gpb.org - Adam Ragusea
Published: 12/11/2013

MACON, Ga. — In Sandersville, trucks on the road are caked in red Georgia clay, kaolin mining is the top industry, and some of the government services that people in larger communities enjoy just aren’t available.

But this tiny city halfway between Macon and Augusta is one place where Georgia Department of Corrections officials are piloting a program that seeks to even the scales between urban and rural justice, giving people who’ve gotten in trouble with the law an equal shot at getting their lives back on track.

On a recent Thursday morning, Sandersville Probation Officer Christopher Burke visited with one such person, 31-year-old probationer Chet Mull.

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