Audit Finds Ga.’s Private Probation Contracts Need Updates

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September 12th, 2016

Prisoners stand while being processed for intake at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in Jackson, Ga. They arrive by the busload each Tuesday and Thursday, dozens of new inmates entering Georgia’s prison system. Most stay only a week or two. But for those sentenced to die, this is their last … Continued

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State auditors say some private probation contracts need more detail, while advocates say much more work is needed.

In 2015, after a scathing state audit, Georgia lawmakers passed a set of measures aimed at ending some of the worst practices of private probation companies. A recent follow-up audit recommends a few additional steps could still be taken, but says those new laws addressed most of the original problems discovered.

But some legal advocates say there’s still plenty of problems with Georgia’s system.

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