Georgia Department of Corrections Archives

Georgia DOC Shares Details of 2020 WWICJJ Conference

November 5, 2019November 4, 2019 Correctional News 148 Views Georgia Department of Corrections, Savannah, WWICJJ

Hosted by the Georgia Department of Corrections, the next Women Working in Corrections and Juvenile Justice (WWICJJ) national conference will be held October 18 – 21, 2020, at the Savannah Convention Center, One International Drive, in Savannah.

Inmate Advocate Files Suit Decrying ‘Draconian’ Isolation in Georgia

May 28, 2018November 4, 2019 Correctional News 718 Views Chris Haney, Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Diagnostic & Classifications Prison Special Management Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights, Timothy Gumm

Prison reform expert Chris Haney denounced what he called extreme conditions of isolation incarceration throughout the state of Georgia.

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FBOP Goes Solar

February 26, 2010March 9, 2010 1342 Views David Hobstetter, Ed McGee, Georgia Department of Corrections, James W. Brown

LITTLETON, Colo. — A minimum-security federal prison outside Denver will soon house a 23,000-square-foot solar field after officials contracted with Johnson Controls Inc. for the installation of a turnkey renewable energy system.

The United States division of Abengoa Solar Inc., headquartered in Lakewood, Colo., will design and engineer the system, which will be used to meet the hot water needs at Federal Correctional Institution Englewood.