Members of the Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee toured the McRae Women’s Facility in South Georgia. This follows a legislative session where lawmakers agreed to spend more than $600 million to address the troubled prison system.
Committee Chair John Albers told the AJC that lawmakers will meet with the facility’s leaders and front-line staff to help evaluate the impact of recent investments in the Department of Corrections and identify areas where continued support and improvement are needed.
The facility was once a private prison housing federal inmates. It closed in 2022. The Georgia Department of Corrections bought the prison for $130 million.
