And now a word from the ACLU (yes, I am a card-carrying member):

As we watch the state budget crisis deepen, one of the most wasteful
and harmful policies of our state government – felony sentences for
simple drug possession – remains in place. We are spending unnecessary
millions to incarcerate people who pose no threat to public safety.

Sentencing reform is the way to bring prison spending back in line
with other priorities – like public schools and universities, social
services, and drug treatment.

That’s actually from the

ACLU of Northern California,
but the point is the same for anywhere that locks up people
for minor drug offenses, like Georgia.

We don’t need a private prison in Lowndes County.
Spend that tax money on schools instead.

-jsq