A new Georgia House Special Subcommittee of Appropriations on State Prisons is taking another step in the marathon probe that is tackling statewide prison system problems, including homicides and suicides.
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns earlier this month announced the creation of the subcommittee intended to give the Legislature a glide path to implement future appropriations requests effectively. The existence of a prison-specific subcommittee means that the House’s future financial decisions can now be managed through the appropriations process as soon as next year’s legislative session.
Rep. Matt Hatchett, a Dublin Republican and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is leading the panel. He said channeling policy recommendations through an appropriations panel permits a broader probe to stay in “lockstep” with any future broad reform recommendations lawmakers might make.
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