The entrance to the West Central Georgia Pre-Release Center
Pre-release center to close
West Central Pre-Release Center in Zebulon will close next year, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
“We can confirm it’s closing in 2012 but that’s all we know at this time,” said Kristen Stancil, who added that more information will be available when the closure date has been set. Prerelease centers in Lamar, Wilkes and Taylor counties have already been closed and three more will be closed in 2012, due to state budget constraints.
Zebulon’s West Central PreRelease Center has 56 full time employees and four part time employees who will be reassigned to positions at other facilities in the state.
For the whole story, read the June 15 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
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Zebulon’s West Central PreRelease Center has 56 full time employees and four part time employees who will be reassigned to positions at other facilities in the state.
For the whole story, read the June 15 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
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#1
harlan
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06/15/11 at 01:01 PM
i wonder what happened. did another sitting duck get whacked because of a former inmate of the pre-release center? whats it going to be next a detention center for juvenille little girls? that might make the people of pike who dont understand how to keep safe feel safer.
#2
Anon E Mouse
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06/15/11 at 03:43 PM
Wow!!! Now if we can get the State to give the center to the Sheriffs Office, they will have a state of the art facility and can get income for housing out of county prisoners. Maybe the BOC needs to start working on this now.
#3
taxpayer
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06/15/11 at 06:24 PM
Perfect for Jimmy and his boyz
#4
Double Parked
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06/15/11 at 06:39 PM
The BOC is busy talking about wasting money on expanding a courthouse with limited parking. Your idea makes you sound like a genius compared to theirs.
#5
what a joke
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06/15/11 at 09:17 PM
I was told that the center will be closing effective March next year. The employees there have already been told this.
#6
Anonymous
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06/16/11 at 07:23 AM
Yes, Jimmy Bass will be real happy there.
#7
Pike Patriot Homeowner
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06/16/11 at 10:53 AM
My Friend Jimmy Bass would'nt be happy unless they had an assembly line of American Workers and a Union Shop Stewart.
#8
walking Boss
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06/16/11 at 04:05 PM
Wait until they get the first month's water and light bill. 200 people. 24/7 equals about $15,000 - $ 18,000 a month.
#9
anon tribe
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06/16/11 at 08:16 PM
200 x 35.00 per day = 7000.00 per day x 30= 210,000.00 per month
#10
walkin
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06/17/11 at 11:13 AM
Ad maintenance, food, clothing medical, bedding, laundry, fuel, insurance and it's $800K a year, and you haven't made payroll the first time.
#11
anon tribe
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06/17/11 at 06:04 PM
Add all that and you still will not hit the 2 million per year in revenue. Lamar countys jail is a cash cow for the county. They have big time problems over their with money, but the jail helps reduce some of the problem. You sre just against a way to help reduce our property tax
#12
wlkin on
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06/19/11 at 10:23 AM
No sir/no m'am. I just don't think that our average bear understands that IF every bed is full - an empty bed costs the same as a full bed - that one can't just look at the cash inflow but the costs involved. I.E. jail inmates cannot be made to work, either inside or outside of the facility, unless they are convicted and sentenced to county jail time, a very, very small number of " defendants".
#13
anon tribe again
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06/19/11 at 07:54 PM
We are not talking about making them work. We are talking about renting cell space. Not only would we save the 100,000 per year or so that we spend housing our own inmates in Lamar and Upson facilities. Over all we take in more than we pay out on a monthly basis. This would help cut he SO budget considerably and our tax bill .
#14
walkin boss
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07/04/11 at 08:08 AM
Last word,write this down:other counties will send their sick lame and most vicious and you will pay to feed nurse and fear them
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