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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 42 - Penal Institutions (Chs. 1 — 13)
Chapter 1 - General Provisions (Arts. 1 — 2)
Article 1 - Inmate Policies (§§ 42-1-1 — 42-1-11.5)
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Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2006, p. 379, § 24/HB 1059, designated Code Sections 42-1-1 through 42-1-11 as Article 1 of this chapter.
Research References & Practice Aids
Law reviews.For article on 2006 amendment of this article, see 23 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 11 (2006).
For note, “Give It to Me, I’m Worth It: The Need to Amend Georgia’s Record Restriction Statute to Provide Ex-Offenders with a Second Chance in the Employment Sector,” see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 267 (2017).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Possession of Cell Phone, or Similar Device, by Prison Inmate — State Cases, 66 A. L. R. 7th 6.
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- § 42-1-1. Definitions
- § 42-1-2. Reward for information leading to capture of escaped inmate of penal institution under jurisdiction of Board of Corrections
- § 42-1-3. Defendant not to be made trusty during time case on appeal; manner of confinement
- § 42-1-4. Work-release programs for county prisoners
- § 42-1-5. Use of inmate for private gain
- § 42-1-6. Injury or contact by inmate presenting possible threat of transmission of communicable disease
- § 42-1-7. Notification to transporting law enforcement agency of inmate’s or patient’s infectious or communicable disease
- § 42-1-8. Home arrest program
- § 42-1-9. Work-release, educational, and habilitative programs for county prisoners
- § 42-1-10. Preliminary urine screen drug tests
- § 42-1-11. Notification of crime victim of impending release of offender from imprisonment
- § 42-1-11.1. Alien prisoners eligible for deportation; cooperation with federal deportation program; waiver of extradition rights; transportation
- § 42-1-11.2. Advice on employment of attorney prohibited; penalty
- § 42-1-11.3. Treatment of pregnant and postpartum female inmates
- § 42-1-11.4. Reports regarding foreign-born inmates in custody
- § 42-1-11.5. [Effective July 1, 2026] Compliance with immigration detainer notices; petition for relief
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