GA Medical Releases Increase

By wtvm.com
Published: 03/08/2010

ATLANTA (AP) - As Georgia looks to slash its soaring prison medical costs, state officials are embracing a program that makes ailing and often elderly inmates eligible for early release.

Georgia Department of Corrections data obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request show the use of medical reprieves has been on the rise.

There were just 22 granted in fiscal year 2007. Prison system records show that more than tripled in fiscal year 2009 when 69 sick inmates were granted reprieves.

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