New Safety Legislation

from John Wolfinger
As the last General Assembly closed down, we were left with a long-awaited court and prison reform measure. Time will tell as to how successful this court reform will be and as I assume it will mean new Fulton County court measures, how much it will cost us at the county level before we start seeing the cost savings at the state prison level. The story at AJC. Just as the adult court reform measures passed – the also long-awaited important juvenile court changes were left in the dust. That story at AJC. There is a quote in this article that states the importance of juvenile justice – “According to the department of juvenile justice, 60% of the teenagers released from one of their facilities return or go into the adult prison system”.