...interim warden at a northwest Georgia prison where three inmates have died since mid-December.Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens named Rick Jacobs to head Hays State Prison in Trion. Warden Clay Tatum is being reassigned within...
...makes the reasons for a parole confidential.Wayne Garner, a former parole board chairman and a former state corrections commissioner, said the board often paroles inmates in hopes that a supervised release will allow them to integrate back...
...that lightened the sentences for many non-violent crimes is resulting in empty jail bunks across the state, Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens told legislators Wednesday.There was hardly any objection last year when lawmakers in this traditionally...
...Board of Pardons and Paroles has jumped from 51 in 2008 to 89 in the most recent fiscal year.Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens said it was part of an effort to build a better relationship with the pardons board. Five years...
...in suburban Atlanta is set to be executed this month, the state Department of Corrections said Wednesday.Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens set the execution of Andrew Grant DeYoung for 7 p.m. July 20.DeYoung was convicted of three...
...cuts after meeting recently with Rep. Ben Harbin, R-Evans, who leads the House Appropriations Committee. Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens said the state was already withholding 5 percent of each month's appropriations -- as it is this...
...My medical costs are going to go up $25 million this year to almost $200 million," said Department of Corrections Commissioner James Donald, who will be asking lawmakers for the additional money in next year's state budget. He recently...
...would be to cut down on repeat offenders who re-enter the state's penal system, said Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner James Donald. "We can't do it by ourselves," Mr. Donald said, adding that the anti-inmate growth initiative...
...Community Center. A panel will include state Sen. Ed Tarver, state Rep. Quincy Murphy, Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner James Donald, Mayor Deke Copenhaver and others. Augusta Administrator Fred Russell will be the host. The...
...Forsyth campus of the former Tift College, which merged with Macon-based Mercer University 20 years ago. Corrections Commissioner James Donald announced in January 2006, that the relocation of 400 central staff positions would consolidate...
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