GEORGIA - STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES - BIENNIAL REPORT, FISCAL YEARS 1973 AND 1974, JULY 1, 1972 - JUNE 30, 1974

• NCJ Number: 27396
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZATION, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS OF THE BOARD, WITH A STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF SUCH BOARD ACTIONS AS RELEASES, RETURNS TO PRISON, REPRIEVES, DISCHARGES FROM PAROLE, AND RESTORATIONS OF RIGHTS.

Abstract

AMONG THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS OF THE STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES ARE THE STATEWIDE INMATE INTERVIEW PROGRAM, ORIENTATION CLASSES FOR INMATES, THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL LETTERS TO INMATES EXPLAINING THE REASONS FOR PAROLE DENIAL, PROVISION OF PRELIMINARY HEARINGS FOR ALLEGED PAROLE VIOLATORS, AND NEW PROCEDURES WHICH FACILITATE THE RESTORATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS TO EX-OFFENDERS. THE EFFECTS OF THE BOARD'S EXPANSION FROM THREE TO FIVE MEMBERS, AND THE IMPACT OF TWO NEW LAWS WHICH INCREASED THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY ARE DISCUSSED.