According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the community supervision rate in Georgia is 4,399 per every 100,000 adult residents, which means about 1 in 23 adults are under some form of community supervision compared to the national average of 1 in 71.

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38,733 people entered community supervision in 2024, a 0.65% increase from 2023.

Of the 41,271 people who exited community supervision in 2024, 33,195 successfully completed their probation or parole term in the community — an 83% success rate.

In 2024, although 232,531 people received DCS services, only 20,437 had one or more of their sentences revoked — a 9% revocation rate.

Of the 20,437 individuals who had their sentence revoked in 2024, 48% (9,717) were for committing a new offense.

Of the 232,531 people supervised by DCS in 2024, 26.3% (61,014) were arrested, compared to 33.1% (76,206) in 2023. A 19.9% reduction in arrests.

In 2004, the Georgia General Assembly passed the Probation Options Management (POM) Act to create an administrative process for officers to bypass courts and jails when resolving technical violations. At a state-wide rate of 18%, however, POM is vastly underutilized and varies dramatically across counties.

While no “magic number” exists for the ideal caseload size, Person-centered supervision takes time. Having too many people assigned to an officer’s caseload hinders their ability to deliver quality service. Therefore, DCS reports caseload size as a performance metric to the Office of Planning and Budget (OPB).