Board of Corrections
T
he Board of Corrections is comprised of 19 members, as of January 2013, one in each congressional district in the
state and five at large members. The Governor appoints all members, subject to the consent of the State Senate, to
staggered five-year terms.
The Board develops rules governing the conduct and welfare of employees under its authority; the assignment, housing,
feeding, clothing, treatment, discipline, rehabilitation, training and hospitalization of all inmates under its custody.
The members serve on the following committees: Budget/Utilities, Correctional Industries/Food & Farm, Education/
Recidivism, Facilities, Health Services and Nominations. The Board of Corrections is a policy-making statutory board and
has legal status only as a board. The operation and management of the GDC institutions, and facilities are the responsibility
of the Commissioner.
DISTRICTS
FIRST DISTRICT
Tommy M. Rouse
SECOND DISTRICT
Alton Russell (Secretary)
THIRD DISTRICT
Duke Blackburn
FOURTH DISTRICT
Sonja Allen-Smith
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FIFTH DISTRICT
Andrea Shelton
TENTH DISTRICT
Mac Collins
SIXTH DISTRICT
Carl Franklin
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
Roger Garrison
SEVENTH DISTRICT
Vacant
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Wayne Dasher
EIGHTH DISTRICT
Jerry Willis
(Vice Chairman)
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
Bruce Hudson
NINTH DISTRICT
Stacy Jarrard
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
John Mayes
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Rose Williams
(Chair)
Gray, GA
Lee Anderson
Grovetown, Georgia
Rocio Woody
Dunwoody, Georgia
Larry E. Haynie
Villa Rica, Georgia
W.D. Strickland
Patterson, Georgia
Report FY 2015