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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
3 hrs ago
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.