Mayor Bottoms announces council tasked with combatting gun violence
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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ATLANTA - A little more than a week after she called on state politicians to react to a surge in gun violence in Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a new Anti-Violence Advisory Council to address the problem.
The council is comprised of 14 people non-profit leaders, former law enforcement leaders and city councilmembers tasked with finding solutions to surges in crime across Atlanta.
The first meeting of the council will be on May 19.
Members of the council include:
Sally Yates: Partner, King & Spalding Law Firm; Special Matters & Government Investigations (Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General
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Georgia s 97% turnover rate for entry-level corrections staff is significantly higher than neighboring Florida s 64%, where state lawmakers also approved a similar 10% salary hike for new officers this year. Ichigo121212/Pixabay
Georgia’s criminal justice officials are banking on better pay to stem the staggering near-complete turnover rate for new juvenile correctional officers, who often leave discouraged by the highly demanding jobs that call for keeping order inside detention centers.  Â
Georgia’s 97% turnover rate for entry-level corrections staff is significantly higher than neighboring Florida, which reached 64% a year after state lawmakers there approved a 10% salary hike for detention officers. Georgia and Floridaâs retention challenges have become common in states across the nation for correctional departments.
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The Atlanta Youth Detention Center is one of 26 secure facilities across the state operated by the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. The agencyâs director says heâs optimistic a new pay rise will reduce the stateâs nearly 100% corrections officer turnover.Â
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Georgiaâs juvenile detention struggles with staggering correction staff churn
By Stanley Dunlap | Georgia Recorder Apr 26, 2021
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The Atlanta Youth Detention Center is one of 26 secure facilities across the state operated by the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. The agencyâs director says heâs optimistic a new pay rise will reduce the stateâs nearly 100% corrections officer turnover.Â
Georgia’s 97% turnover rate for entry-level corrections staff is significantly higher than neighboring Florida, which reached 64% a year after state lawmakers there approved a 10% salary hike for detention officers.