Keen v. Judicial Alternatives of Georgia, Inc.

ORDER

DUDLEY H. BOWEN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

In recent years a number of traditional or typical functions of state and federal government have been “outsourced,” “privatized,” or contracted out to the private sector. For example, many state and federal prisons are now operated under contract. In 2000, the Georgia Legislature removed jurisdiction over misdemeanor probation services from the Georgia Department of Corrections (see 2000 Ga. Laws 926 (S.B. 474), codified at O.C.G.A. § 17—10—3(f)), leaving local counties and, municipalities with the choice of creating a local public probation…