Sentinel Offender Services, LLC v. Glover
Annotate this CaseThese cases presented constitutional and statutory questions arising from the use of private probation companies by Georgia courts to provide misdemeanor probation supervision services. Thirteen plaintiffs filed individual civil actions against Sentinel Offender Services, LLC and other defendants seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages based on claims that Sentinel unlawfully collected probation supervision fees from plaintiffs and violated their due process rights. The plaintiffs: (1) challenged the constitutionality of OCGA 42-8-100 (g) (1); (2) alleged that OCGA 42-8-30.1 precluded tolling of misdemeanor probation sentences and restricted the conditions that may be imposed on probationers in misdemeanor cases including that electronic monitoring is not allowed; (3) challenged Sentinel's authority to provide misdemeanor probation services to the Superior Court of Columbia County; and (4) sought to recover from Sentinel probation supervision fees plaintiffs contend Sentinel unlawfully collected from them and other damages. Due to the number and nature of the cases reviewed in this opinion, the disposition of this case by the Georgia Supreme Court was, briefly, that the Court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded cases with direction for further proceedings.
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