|| GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ||


	I am honored, and yet humbled to serve as the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) as we fulfill our mission of protecting and serving the public. We support Governor Perdue's vision of making Georgia a safer, healthier, better educated, growing and best managed state. Simply put, we are embarking on a new vision of excellence based on the fundamentals of "best practices." Corrections is leading change ...more "Today we need to be just as smart on crime as we are tough on crime." CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES CLICK HERE FOR PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING LOCATIONS

Georgia leads the nation with one in every fifteen adult Georgians under some form of correctional oversight. The "Choose Freedom" inter-agency media campaign is designed to educate the youth of "at risk" communities that all actions have consequences. more...