Georgia has the highest rate of people on probation in the country. That rate is nearly four times the national average.
After years of criminal justice reform, the state has seen its prison population drop, but the rate of people under state supervision has stayed stubbornly high. A bill that could get a vote in the Georgia House is aimed at changing that.
According to a report by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform, the state’s probation rate is 6,161 adults per every 100,000 residents.
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