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Deal's 2018 Justice Reforms Target Elder Abuse and Misdemeanor Bail

“Georgia’s unprecedented success in criminal justice reform serves as the standard for other states to emulate,” Gov. Nathan Deal said. “As a result of our efforts, fewer Georgians were committed to prison last year than any time in the past 15 years."

Reforming misdemeanor bail and preventing crimes against the elderly are among the goals set out in the 2018 Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform report, delivered Wednesday to Gov. Nathan Deal.

Recommendations included in the report, unanimously approved by the full council, have been divided into two pieces of legislation and introduced in the Georgia Senate as Senate Bills 406 and 407, the governor said in a news release. The council also reported new findings based on previous reforms.