November 18, 2008

Supervision rate is coming down

Mary F. Booth, Program Development Consultant for Risk Reduction Services with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, November 18. Booth told members that the mission of the GDC is to protect and serve the public as a professional organization by effectively managing offenders while helping to provide a safe and secure environment for the citizens of Georgia. To this end, she indicated that one in 15 adults in Georgia is under some type of correctional supervision - the highest ranking in the nation. (The national average is one in 32.) At the same time, she indicated that Georgia is number one in the nation in reducing this percentage. She said that no Georgian is unaffected by crime. Booth told members that all GDC programs are evidence-based and use what works research results. David Toburen (left) was program host for the day.