A new panel will study Georgia’s criminal justice system for improvements and report its findings to the state Legislature by Nov. 1 under a bill Gov. Nathan Deal signed Friday.
House Bill 265 -- authored by Republican Rep. Jay Neal of LaFayette -- is aimed at boosting probation and parole supervision, rehabilitating criminals and lowering the costs to state taxpayers. The 13-member Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians is expected to report its recommendations to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the Georgia House and the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.
“We must do a better job rehabilitating lives,” Deal said at a bill-signing ceremony in Hall County. “We know that drug addiction is the root cause of much crime. Our entire society benefits if we can turn these tax burdens into taxpayers. I look forward to working with this council to make Georgia corrections work better for Georgians.”
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