Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives

Scope and Contents This series consists of the record copies of the publications of the State Board of Probation. The State Board was composed of members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles who served ex-officio as the Board of Probation from 1956 to 1972. The Department of Probation administered the policies which the Board created. These administrative functions fell to the Division of Probation of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation after 1972, and the policy-making functions came under the Board of...

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These reports contain narrative and statistical information describing the activities of the Board for the years listed below. The reports vary some in their content but they all have a statistical summary of receipts and expenditures and most of them have a list of persons whom they have released from prisons under their jurisdiction.

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound 12" X 16" ledgers serving as a central index of parole violations brought to the attention of the Board. Although the format changed somewhat over the years, the information contained within each ledger generally includes name and State serial number of parolee, sentence, type of release or parole, date warrant issued, violation, date waiver sent, whether or not waiver signed, location of detention, date of hearing, members to interview, date reinstated, and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound 14" X 17" specially printed, sequentially numbered ledger sheets containing handwritten listings of Clemency Board decisions. Included within each volume is: state serial number assigned to each prisoner, name of individual, race, sex, crime, date of sentence, length of sentence, county of conviction, date of action, clemency action, reason for action, and reason for exception (if any). The State Board of Pardons and Parole is the official body which administers...