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Overview of Georgia's Correctional System Georgia

The Jail System

Georgia has 162 jail facilities in 159 counties with a combined capacity of nearly 40,000 inmates. A voluntary jail standards compliance program is managed by the GA Sheriffs' Assoc.

The Prison System

The Georgia Dept. of Corrections managed 54,256 inmates in 40 state-operated and 3 private facilities in 2007. The DOC has approximately 14,600 staff. Department expenditures in FY 2007 were $1.08 billion.

The Community Corrections System

435,361 adults were on probation at the end of 2007. Most felons are supervised by the Georgia DOC's Probation Division Most misdemeanant probation cases are supervised by private or local agencies. Field staff of the Board of Pardons and Paroles supervised 23,111 adult parolees on December 31, 2007.
2007 Crime Rate for Georgia
The crime rate in Georgia is about 15% higher than the national average rate. Property crimes account for around 88.8% of the crime rate in Georgia which is 16% higher than the national rate. The remaining 13.2% are violent crimes and are about 5% higher than other states. The following graph shows how Georgia compared to the rest of the states.

State Crime Rates (Per 100,000 People)

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Georgia National Avg.
Crime Rates (2007) 4,394 3,731
Violent Crimes 493 467
Property Crimes 3,901 3,264
2004 Corrections Population
NOTE Actual rate not available.  The National rate has been used as a substitute.

Georgia has 562,763 adults under correctional supervision (prisons, jails, probation, and parole). The supervision rate (number of offenders per 100,000 people) is about 15% higher than the national rate.

State Population Rates (Per 100,000 People)

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Georgia National Avg.
Population Rate (2004) 3,042 2,572
2007 Incarceration Information
Georgia has a rate 21% higher than than the national average of incarcerated adults per 100,000.

Incarceration Rate (Per 100,000)

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Georgia National Avg.
Incarceration Rate (2007) 563 447
2007 Probationers
NOTE: Actual rate not available.  The National rate has been used as a substitute.

Georgia has a rate 70% higher than than the national average number of probationers per 100,000 people.

Probationers (Per 100,000)

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Georgia National Avg.
Probationer Rate (2007) 6,144 1,863
2007 Parolees
Georgia has a rate 2% higher than than the national average number of parolees per 100,000 people.

Parolees (Per 100,000)

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Georgia National Avg.
Parolee Rate (2007) 326 319
2008 Corrections Percentage of Total State Government Expenditures
Taxpayers paid 12% lower than than the national average in 2008.

Percentage Spent on Corrections

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Georgia National Avg.
% Spent on Corrections (2008) 5.9% 6.7%

Data Sources:

  • The PEW Center on the States
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice
  • American Jail Assoc.
  • American Correctional Assoc.
  • State Government Websites
  • State-provided information
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