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Department of Corrections outlines recruitment push, lock-and-control upgrades and managed-access plan
Summary
The Georgia Department of Corrections told appropriators it is pursuing recruitment and retention initiatives and sought capital and operating funds for lock-and-control upgrades, managed‑access systems to block contraband cell phones and drones, and modular units to relieve operational strain.
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) told the Senate Appropriations Committee it is pursuing an aggressive recruitment and retention push to lower its officer-to-inmate ratio while seeking sizable capital investments to harden facilities, control contraband and improve monitoring.
Recruitment and retention: GDC presented a goal to move from a 1‑to‑14 correctional-officer-to-inmate ratio toward a 1‑to‑11 ratio, citing comparative staffing levels in other states, and said it plans to add roughly 882 positions over 18–24 months. The agency reported a net increase of 296 correctional officers in the past year but said it still lists approximately 2,600 vacancies systemwide.
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