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In recognition of the doctrine contained in the Constitution of this state requiring the three branches of government to be separate, it is declared to be the policy of the General Assembly that the duties, powers, and functions of the State Board of Pardons a
It is declared by the General Assembly of Georgia that in the exercise of powers specifically granted to them by law, local governing authorities of cities and counties are acting pursuant to state policy. HISTORY: Code 1981, § 36-19-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984,
(1) It is declared to be the policy in this state: (1) That municipal corporations are created for the purpose of providing local governmental services and for ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of persons and the protection of property in areas being us
Georgia has had a law since 1897 requiring prison officials to separate dangerous inmates, but the state refuses to enforce it despite ongoing gang violence and deaths in state prisons.
Analysis of how Georgia's 1994 truth-in-sentencing law dismantled parole, created prison overcrowding and violence, and proposed reforms including the Second Chance Parole Reform Act of 2026.
Examines how deliberate policy decisions, the War on Drugs, and Cold War foreign policy created mass incarceration in the United States, rather than crime or moral failure.