Friday, July 30, 2010

Probation Office Caseload Rises As Budget Tightens

By Louie Brogdon
The Brunswick News
July 30, 2010

Regardless of state budget cuts, the Brunswick Judicial Circuit Probation office is only getting busier.

Officers are out in force keeping an eye on probationers and helping local police identify them, Chief Probation Officer Jimmy Pitts said."We are out there trying to enforce the court orders.

We are doing what we can with what we've got," Pitts said. "On any one given day, there are about 150 people in jail for probation violations. Business is good -- unfortunately."

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