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But his small law office near downtown Augusta betrays an obsession: Spread the word, vote for BYRD! The private probation industry has grown over the last two decades: An Augusta court declined to hear his appeal in January, so Long appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia, asking that the court establish consistent guidelines for determining if a defendant is indigent before passing them onto a private probationer. In early July, the Supreme Court turned down that request, which means there is still no statewide standard for judges to decide if someone can truly afford private probation fees. Commissioner District 2 on Facebook. There are papers everywhere, piled on the floors, the desk, inside closets, on every possible surface across two giant high-ceilinged office rooms.

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A Georgia law went into effect in that placed a limit on how long someone can be on probation just for inability to pay. Dream Motor Club Cars. Georgiareaffirmed that judges cannot jail people for inability to pay. Renaissance Art Cafe Art Gallery. And their job is not to administer justice, but to make a profit. Renaissance Connection Community Organization.

Welcome to Georgia, the epicenter of the private probation racket | The Outline

I will always remember the people who stood by me, prayed, advised, donated, canvassed, volunteered, encouraged, endorsed, called and texted. Inanother one came up: Albany Forward II Survey.

But much of the time, the original probation is due simply to an inability to pay fines to the court. Misdemeanor probation is presented as a gentler sentence than jail. One night he got drunk and ran his car off the road, suffering a traumatic brain injury. Slider sat next to her on the couch, nodding in silent agreement. And Long has another appeal pending in federal court, the 11th district — alleging private probation contracts in Brunswick, Georgia, amount to a violation of due process under the 14th Amendment and put a woman named Christina Brinson in jail just for being poor.

The estimated number of people under electronic supervision by ICE in The result is nothing short of a racket. He started fighting private probation cases by chance: Dozens of lawsuits have alleged these companies and the courts that feorgia with them sherell sending people to jail for nonpayment in violation of the constitutional right to due process.

Long ushers me from pile to pile, plucking up lawsuits and depositions and contracts, lists of services and fees.

Long found McGee sitting in the local jail and got him released. I will always remember the deafening silence of those who I thought would have been there, but were not.

Welcome to Georgia, the epicenter of the private probation racket

In other words, private probation is an expensive substitute for a payment plan. The judge sent him back to jail.

In theory, probation in the U. Web survey powered by SurveyMonkey. Commissioner District 2 on Facebook. We will restore Albany back to the "Good Life City" it once was, together. Much of his work is pro bono.

Sherrell Slider says sherrlel son, Fred Slider, was jailed illegally after he failed to pay fines to Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company. But his small law office near downtown Augusta betrays an obsession: I am forever changed by this moment. Sentinel was just supposed to make sure Slider paid his fines. A vote for Sherrell Byrd is a vote for their future!

When we met, his mother, Sherrell Slider, did most of the talking. The company now no longer operates in the state of Georgia.

Sherrell Byrd For Dougherty Co. But many argue that the responsibility for bussiness problems with private probation ultimately lies not with the companies, but with the courts.