Posts Tagged ‘Georgia Department of Corrections’
Georgia’s Criminal Justice Overhaul Demonstrates Widespread Positive Effects
In the last five years, Georgia has been successful in making badly needed, sweeping changes to its criminal justice system under the direction of Republican Governor Nathan Deal. The state has come a long way from where stood in 2009 when a Pew Research Center study indicated that one in 13 citizens were involved in…
Read MoreGov. Deal Touts New Prison Education Initiatives
By Kelsey Cochran One credit shy of receiving a high school diploma, an inmate at Arrendale State Prison for women will soon be the first Georgia Department of Corrections inmate to graduate while incarcerated as part of a collaboration between the GDC and the Mountain Education Center Charter School. The graduation was made possible by…
Read MoreGeorgia Pushes To Help Prisoners Complete Education
Image courtesy mymec.org By John Lorinc State officials have launched a new program that helps people behind bars get back behind the school desk. The Georgia Department of Corrections has joined forces with Mountain Education Charter School. The goal is to get state prisoners a high school diploma or GED. “We believe that we can…
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