Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ray Khalfani The 20-Year View Over the last 20 years, the costs of running Georgia’s prisons have risen by almost 70%. Despite promises of reform over the years, the number of individuals within the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections has largely remained unchanged, hovering near 51,000 in 2023. During this period, GBPI has continued to […] Read more » Budget criminal justice Equitable Investment Fines and Fees incarceration Local Governments Mass Incarceration Racial Inequity
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s Department of Corrections Budget Georgia’s Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024 is $1.33 billion. GDC oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of the department’s workforce. GDC corrections officers have experienced higher turnover than the Georgia state […] Read more » Budget criminal justice Equitable Investment Fines and Fees incarceration Local Governments Mass Incarceration Racial Inequity
Blog Criminal Legal System Reform Stephanie Angel COVID-19 Has Exacerbated the Inequities Inherent in Incarceration August 24, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephanie Angel Download PDF Key Takeaways: Prior to the pandemic, the GDC population was rising, leaving those within densely populated facilities particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. The GDC is not tracking COVID-19 cases or fatalities by race/ethnicity, making it difficult to identify how racially disparate health outcomes are experienced in confinement. 38 percent […] Read more » COVID-19 criminal justice Department of Corrections racial inequities
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Stephanie Angel Georgia Criminal Legal System Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 14, 2020 by Stephanie Angel The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for 2021 is $1.1 billion. The department oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of the department’s workforce. Recent reform efforts focused on saving costs related to housing inmates and improving re-entry outcomes. Since 2012, […] Read more » Budget Budget Primer criminal justice criminal legal system Department of Corrections
Blog Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Health Justice Jennifer Owens Standing with Black Lives June 3, 2020 / June 3, 2020 by Jennifer Owens Amid the ongoing protests and demonstrations against police brutality, frustration over the deep and long-standing inequities in our societies and systems is on full display. The sin of white supremacy and inadequate, often racist actions by our nation, our state, generations before me, my generation and me drives a fiery desire for absolution. But standing […] Read more » Budget Cuts criminal justice maternal mortality medicaid racial inequities second chance employment
Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Reports Stephanie Angel Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Corrections February 5, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephanie Angel Download PDF For Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.16 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Georgia’s history of tough-on-crime policies impacted the growth of the GDC’s prison population and increased expenditures by $335.2 million between 1997 and 2007.[1] Following […] Read more » Budget corrections criminal justice
Alex Camardelle Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Reports Georgia Criminal Justice Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2020 July 1, 2019 / April 14, 2020 by Alex Camardelle You can download and share all the images and charts in the Criminal Justice Primer by clicking here. The Georgia Department of Corrections budget for 2020 is $1.2 billion. The department oversees the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of the department’s workforce. Recent criminal justice […] Read more » Budget criminal justice Department of Corrections Georgia Budget Primer
Alan Essig Blog The Time is Ripe for Criminal Justice Reform January 5, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig Criminal justice reform is long overdue in Georgia. Last fall the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker of the House created a Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform. In November the Council released a special report, which contained an analysis of the criminal justice problem as well as recommendations. I was pleased to see that many […] Read more » Alan Essig Blog criminal justice Criminal Justice Reform
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Tough On Crime and The Budget January 11, 2008 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff | 1 Comment on Tough On Crime and The Budget Download PDF This report provides recommendations to reform the criminal justice system in Georgia. This system has experienced rapid budget growth due, in part, to Georgia’s tough on crime policies and the rising age of inmates and their associated healthcare costs. These budget pressures are likely to continue, given the growing and aging inmate population, […] Read more » criminal justice Report State Budget
