Burruss High School Graduation
Parole Board Chairman Terry Barnard delivered remarks to the Dept. of Corrections' first high school graduation of state inmates. The graduates in late June at the Burruss Correctional Training Center comprised the first male class receiving their high school diplomas in lieu of a GED.
Lifers Learn More About the Parole Process
Executive Director of Parole Chris Barnett, Clemency Director James Williams and Field Services Director Rick Jacobs joined Board of Corrections Member Andrea Shelton during a presentation to the Lifers Group at Burruss Correctional Training Center In June. Most inmates want to know what they can do that they aren't already doing in order to be paroled. Barnett and staff told the group the Board wants to see continued rehabilitation including program completions and prison conduct.
Work Release as a Path to Parole
Also in late June, parole staff visited one of the 13 Dept. of Corrections Transitional Centers (TC), the Coastal TC in Savannah. The Parole Board can recommend work release for inmates and can make successful completion of a TC program a prerequisite for parole. However, the Parole Board does not have the authority to place a state inmate in a Dept. of Corrections' program. That authority, the placement of inmates in programs, rests with the Dept. of Corrections.
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Parole Review/Summer 2016