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Department of Corrections details multi‑million plan to reduce contraband, hire staff and harden aging prisons
Summary
The Georgia Department of Corrections presented a package of amended FY2025 requests to the House Public Safety Appropriations Committee focused on three goals: reduce contraband and violent incidents inside prisons, repair aging infrastructure, and increase correctional officer staffing.
The Georgia Department of Corrections presented a package of amended FY2025 requests to the House Public Safety Appropriations Committee focused on three goals: reduce contraband and violent incidents inside prisons, repair aging infrastructure, and increase correctional officer staffing.
Why it matters: the agency told the panel that cellphones, drone deliveries and throwovers have enabled organized violence and that many facilities have locking and control systems that are failing. The department said the problems have made staffing and retention harder and forced use of surge solutions such as private contract beds.
What the department asked for and why - Planning, project management and facility maintenance support (tracking item 19.1.0.1): $906,000 to continue technical assistance and planning to sequence repairs and hardening projects. The department said the funds will support a multi‑year staffing and facilities plan. - Ten‑year staffing and facility plan (tracking…
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