Scope and Contents This series consists of: (1) general office correspondence, (2) memorandums, (3) bulletins, (4) pamphlets, (5) reports, (6) printed material, (7) fiscal records, and (8) other papers relating to the overall administration and function of the Department of Corrections from the 1940s to the 1970s. Most files concern the routine administrative operations of the prison system including: (1) personnel matters, (2) development and administration of the Department's budget, (3) construction and...

Scope and Contents Included are reports of periodic routine inspections of public work camps and prison branches. Also included are reports of investigations that were conducted whenever there were incidents or whenever there were reports of misconduct by either inmates or prison staff. The inspection reports are evaluations of the facility. The format used in recording the inspections was changed at one point, but in either format they covered several criteria in each of the following categories: a....

Scope and Contents This series contains a wide assortment of publications produced by the inmates of a number of penal institutions and rehabilitation centers in Georgia. The format of these publications varies from that of a newsletter of approximately ten pages in length to that of an inspirational tract of about four pages. For example, the GSP News, published monthly by the inmates of the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, is much like any newsletter produced by one of the many state agencies in...

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This series consists of several reports and studies made at each of the various penal facilities in the State. Included are: (1) 1967 Report of Sanitary Conditions (2) reports on prison industries (3) general correspondence, reports and studies. The summation of the 1967 Report of Sanitary Conditions was taken from an earlier inventory created in 1981.

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This series contains a variety of general office correspondence, reports and other printed information concerning the correctional institutions across the State. These files do not, however, represent all of the correspondence concerning the various camps and branches, as there are identical subject file titles in many instances in RGSGSERIES 21-2-24, General Administrative Subject Files of the Director.

Scope and Contents This series contains an official monthly publication of the Georgia Department of Corrections. As such, it served as a newsletter aimed at a general readership as distinguished from similar publications aimed primarily at department personnel. A typical issue might contain: (1) a director's report, (2) announcements of future professional conferences, (3) reports on past workshops for department personnel, (4) department appointments, (5) general assembly actions affecting penal reform, (6)...