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Georgia Prison Officials Take Taxpayers for a Long Ride
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1999, page 7
Georgia prison officials used $23,602 from state prison industries profits to attend a conference on prisons in Israel tied to the country's 50th anniversary celebration. DOC chief Wayne Garner defended the trip, saying he has been a" good steward of tax dollars." Garner said he paid his own air fare, …
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