Want this question answered?
there are 12 jails
how many acres in state of georgia
Jails and prisons are funded mostly by local, state, and federal taxes. If you work and pay taxes then you fund jails and prisons.
There are 159 counties in the state of Georgia.
There are 59441 square miles in the state of Georgia.
King James I sent the debtors to Georgia because the jails in England were running out of space.
There are over 70 State Prisons in New York. This does not count Federal Prisons of County Jails. Some like Rikers Island, Auburn and Sing Sing are infamous.Over 70 not counting Federal institutions and county jails.
The US state of Georgia is 38,000,000 acres.
Taxes pay for many, many things. Part of them do go to paying to build and run jails.
The state of Georgia counted 192 Homeless people in 2008 during their snapshot count. This number did not include residents in the 2 largest homeless shelters, rehabs, hospitals or jails, the real count is somewhere in the 800 to 1000 range.
James Oglethrope came over to create the colony of Georgia for debtors to pay off their debt, because the jails were in poor condition and overcrowded.
Georgia State Legislature has 56 Senators.