The Senate Supporting Safety and Welfare of All Individuals in Department of Corrections Facilities Study Committee approved a list of recommendations last week they intend to help improve conditions for people inside Georgia’s prison walls. Recommendations can be formed into legislation that the state Legislature can move forward once lawmakers reconvene in January.
The committee’s approved recommendations include increasing mental health services for incarcerated people and staff, implementing a pay study for corrections employees and advocating for the federal government to allow cellphone and drone jamming technology.
The committee also shot down several other proposals, including creating an oversight body to monitor jails, providing new de-escalation training for guards and strengthening reintegration programming, all of which committee Chair Randy Robertson characterized as redundant.
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