I.W. Davis Detention Center to close Oct. 1

first off IW Davis is a min security facility, and only slightly bigger than the current county jail, by the time you converted it to be able to house violent criminals and brought all of the inmates back that our county currently has in other county jails due our county jail overcrowding, it would already be full, so that wouldn't work. but I agree with you that JCCI is a waste of tax payer money, these jobs could go to tax paying citizens, especially with this bad economy. But back to IW Davis, Let's write out it's full name, IW Davis Probation Dentetion Center, Ah yes, All of it's inmates were already on probation, which they violated. this goes to an even bigger problem, read the section of the paper when court happens, read the sentances, probation, probation, probation. the legal system in this county is broken, the judges give everybody probation, most inmates in our overcrowded county jail are there for violating their probation or child support. and this can be violated many times beforse they are revoked to real prison. I can see probation for first time offenders, but for people arrested time and time again, with just more probation added. and than there's different probation, misdomennor and felenoy, aand if they also had let's say a jefferson city charge, than they would have 3 different probations, 3 different PO officers and this could all be from the same case. and if they violate one, they'll but out warrents for all three. and let's look at some recent sentaces, a sat rape, 20 years, 3 to serve, that means 3 years in prison, which they will not do all three of, and the rest on probation, 17 years of probation. Let's face it the Georgia criminal system is broken beyond repair. first off no one can do 17 years of probation with out doing something wrong, a traffic ticket could violate them, since Georgia is one of only 2 states that you can be arrested for one, and we know in jackson county they write traffic tickets, it's how we fund our cities, or they can't make a monthly probation payment, would you hire someone convicted of rape, so then they're back in our county jail, for a few months, on the taxpayers dime, and god help us if they have any medical problems, cause than the taxpayers are paying that too, than back out on the street on probation. face it, it's a endless cycle. The DA's office rather plead out probation than take something to trail, and the public defender rather have his client take this good deal than take it to trial, or we just have weak, not tough on crime superior court judges who think probation works. send then to prison, let them due their time and get out resume their live's and hopefully by than have learned thier leason. keeping them constantly in the system only sets them up for failure and screws the taxpayers off jackson county

unless you missed it, the county is spending 33 million on a new jail that will open in 2010, don't be suprised now when your taxes go up