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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. 1-/?-1r fvlp/ I 144314 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactiy as received from the person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Justice. Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been GeOrglagranted by. Department of Correctlons• to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside (If the NCJRS system requires permission of the copyright owner. Bobby K. Whitworth, Commissioner Georgia Department of Corrections 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SE Suite 756, East Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4900 Information: 404/656-4593 TIY Number for Hearing Impaired: 656·5467 F A..1{: 656-6496 ~ Contents Admissions/Departures/Escapes/Apprehensions . .. 10 Admissions to Prison by Crime and Race. 12 Average Daily Prison Population ..................................... 11 Board of Corrections . .. 3 Business and Support Services ....................................... 23 Food. and Farm. Services ......... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23 Farm. Prod.uction Chart ......... ".. 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• fI • • • 24 Health Services .... 26 Health Services Budget Distribution Chart ............................. 28 Mental Health SeIVices .......................................... 29 P1"ogram. Services ....................... ".... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 29 Counseling . 30 Recreation .................................................. 30 Education ............... II • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 31 Library ...................................................... 31 Chaplaincy .................... 110 • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • • • • • • • • • .. • .. • • 32 Volunteers ......... 32 Substance Abuse . 34 Community Corrections. 15 HB 1607 . " ................................................ 4' ..................... 15 Probation Accounting System Automation . .. 15 Sentencing Alternatives. 15 Community Corrections Budget Cost Comparisons ....................... 22 Community Corrections Court Ordered Collection Activity ................. 21 Costs Per Inmate Day ............................................. 14 Georgia Correctional Industries . .. 35 GCA .Product Line ...................... "l • • .. .. .. .. • • • • • • • • .. • .. • • .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 36 Institutions, Probation and Parole Facilities Map . .. 41 List of Facilities and Administrative Offices . .. 42 Management and Budget. .. 37 Budget ............................................. "~ ......... " . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 37 Engineering and Maintenance. .. 37 Management Infonnation Systems . .. 39 Operations . .. 4 State and County Institutions .. .. 4 Inmate Boot Camps. .. 4 Offender Administration ".. "......... "................. t • 4' • co • " • • • .. • • .. .. • • • •• 4 Inmate Affairs ..................................... " . .. .. .. 5 Transitional Services ......................... II ••• e • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • .. ... 5 Women's Serv-ices .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 5 Female Litigation .............. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 6 Organization Chart . 0 • • • tI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 1 Overview of Fiscal Year 1992. .. 2 Probation Caseload by Type . .. 18 PI'obation Field Sum.m.aIy ................. 0 •••••••••••• '" • • • • • • • • • •• 20 Probation Operations Summary. .. 19 P:rofile of Active Inmates . .. 8 Programmatic Costs Per Inmate ..................................... 13 The Honorable Zell B. Miller total of 1,554 new Governor of Georgia offender beds of all and types in state and The Georgia General Assembly county prisons, proba Atlanta, Georgia 30334 tion centers, boot camps and transitional Dear Governor Miller centers in FY 1992. As and Members of the General Assembly: Fiscal Year 1993 dawned, we grew I am pleased to submit the annual report for the stronger and gained Georgia Department of Corrections for Fiscal Year momentum, and stood 1992. This will be my final such report to you as ready to deliver a total Commissioner of Corrections, as I have accepted the of more than 3,000 Governor's appointment to the Board of Pardons and new beds of all types in Paroles. Commissioner Bobby K, Whitworth new institutions. The This document will give you a glimpse of the superior operating performance achieved by this economy pennitting, by the end of FY 1994, we will department during perhaps ~ most ~ancial1~ austere add almost 7 000 more new beds to our system, period in state government history. It IS a credit to the resulting in a'rmal maximum operating capacity of just department's innovative leadership and dedicated over 39,000 beds. employees that we were able to cut some 950 positions These new beds have allowed the Board of and slash our budget by almost $55 million, at the same Pard.ons and Paroles to end the Emergency Early time we were experiencing nearly a 10 percent growth Release begun in 1989, and to tighten down further on in the inmate population, completing one of the most the release of other offenders. The result is that more massive prison construction programs in the nation, felons will be spending more time behind bars, which and bringing on line the largest prison boot camp should please our citizens and greatly enhance the system in the world public safety. .. ~es, dep~en~ ~vanced Despite the lean the Despite this massive growth and the mcrease 10 notably in every operational area to mamtain ItS status the inmate population, we have man~ged to ~ the as a model for the nation - and therefore the world. average per-day, per-inmate cost of 1Ocarceratlon from· This report details achievements in general operations, $50 to $47. community corrections, medical and mental health These achievements are the result of your care, escape prevention, con'ectional in~ustries, food longstanding support of and partnership with the and farrJl, education and computer se!'Vlces. After Department of Corrections. Despite our critics and allegations of sexual abuse of inmates by some staff at generally negative media, we know that together we our women's facilities, we boldly addressed the prob have developed a correctional system of which we. and lems, developed solutions, and ~ow lead the nation in the citizens of Georgia can be proud. As I leave thiS reforms in female offender servIces. I am proud to agency after 20 years of d~cated service, ~ feel a inform you that as I leave more than three years at sense of genuine accomplishment when I think of the your service as Commissioner, the Georgia Depart numerous successes we have achieved together, not ment of Corrections has more institutions accredited by only in Fiscal Year 1992, but also in the two deca~es I the American Correctional Association - 36 - than any have been privileged to apply my talents and energies other state agency in the nation. Our Boa:~ of Correc in the correctional setting. ' tions received an ACA Award of Recogmtlon for having the most state institutions .achieving ACA ',s Sincerely yours, highest honor for functiomd efficlency and operational excellence. Functioning effectively. under the pressure~ , U:'1\/ J / '(,lA, resulting from staff downsizmg, budget streamlining. and operational reorganization, this age~c~ stuck t? 1 Bobby K. Whitworth motto of "on time and on budget" by brmgmg on line a Commissioner 1mIEJ-='J __ ... _ .... ~_ ...... ______ ... _~ ________ ~ I I C""""lsslo.... r Georgia Cor .... clt..... I I Industrle. Bchby K. Whitworth Director I I I I I I Special Projects Staff Olympic Committee Ualson Executive Security Inmatq Construction Rod Coggin Budget Executive Support Svcs. Board Svcs. Hgmt. InfG. Systems & Appellls Internal Affairs Publtc Inf....... tlon Manag_nt Revl,... L8gl.1atlve Svcs. 04edla Svc ... Facilities Dovelopnfint Fire Safety Strategic .Iannlng Facilities Malntsnence GE~ Evaluation and Statistics Contracts and Grants Le ••". and Real htat... Operations Connunlty Corrections Deputy Comm~$sloner Deputy Commissioner Lansen ~ew$c.me Vince Fa"In 2 Asst. Deputies 1 Aut. Deputy Regional Inst. Operations Field Operations I Offender Administration Center Operations Spec I. I Inst. Operat 10fls Probat Ion Administration I I Inmate Affairs I I Facility Inspections Emergency & I I Tactical Support I I .------- I I Business lind I Support Service. J I ~ ar:.; __ m___ IIIIIIIS__ ~ Deputy COIIftI\ssl ..""r . ___ __ I Joe Carner 4 Asst. Deputies Administration Human Rt!ilsourc.as Health Progra... Food/Fa"" Georgia Department of Corrections November 1992 " >'" ~ " '.":,,. ~, '. ' ~'" ~. • ' • '. • ... .".. - "" ". • r I~ ; • ' .: A .' A" ... " " ". Overview of FY 1992 Budget Crisis Forces Cuts, Change House Bill 1607 Passed Into Law It was the year the "ize" had it; that is, reorga The 1992 General Assembly session passed into nize, economize and prioritize. law a dramatic piece of criminal justice legislation that As the new fiscal year dawned in July 1991, the was expected to have significant impact on the depart state's severe fmancial crisis commanded the attention ment and which had the potential of saving the state of practically every state employee. Change, it was millions of dollars by FY2000. clear, was on the horizon. The Sentence Refonn Act, known as House Bill That July, Gov.