ENGAGING, EDUCATING, ENCOURAGING & ENHANCING
Georgia Parole Review
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The State Board of Pardons and Paroles
continues to engage stakeholders and that
includes government agencies and community
groups.
The Rotary Club of Rockdale County was
interested as a stakeholder. Parole Board Vice
Chair Jacqueline Bunn spoke to the club.
“It was an honor to share insights about
Georgia’s clemency process with such an
enthusiastic group of Rotarians. Members
asked meaningful questions.
The Rotary Club of Rockdale County focuses on
building professional and personal
relationships. Members have a heart for
service. It was wonderful to learn that the
club's president recently received national
recognition for his efforts. Meeting with the
group was an inspiring start to 2023," Bunn
said.
Executive Director Chris Barnett and Clemency
Director Crystal Moon also attended.
Stakeholder engagement includes supporting
criminal justice partners to include the Georgia
Department of Community Supervision (DCS)
programming and the Hall County REACT
Program.
Georgia Parole leadership is partnering with
the Northeastern Judicial Circuit and Hall
County to facilitate successful offender
outcomes. Parole Board Member David Herring
and Executive Director Chris Barnett met with
Superior Court Judge Jason Deal regarding Hall
County’s REACT program.
“Judge Deal has been on the forefront of
innovative diversion and reentry programs in
Georgia,” says Herring. “We had a very
successful meeting with a shared goal of
increasing opportunities for more offenders to
benefit from treatment and the program here
in Hall County,” added Herring.
DCS officials as well as local law enforcement,
the district attorney’s office and public
defender’s office are among those involved in
the Re-entry Accountability Court Transition
(REACT) program. The purpose of the program
is to help inmates find gainful employment in
an effort to reduce recidivism rates.
The Parole Board supported DCS Day Reporting
Center Graduates in Gainesville last November.