Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 503 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PROBATION ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chapter 503-1 - PROBATION SERVICES
Rule 503-1-.17 - Confidentiality
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
Reports, files, records, and papers relative to the supervision of probationers are given the following treatment:
(a) All reports, papers, records, and files relative to the supervision of probationers by a private corporation, private enterprise, private agency, or by a county, municipality, or consolidated government providing probation services, are confidential and available only to the affected county, municipality, consolidated government, the court, the Department of Audits and Accounts, appropriate law enforcement agencies acting within the normal course of business, the council, and the probationer.
(b) In the event of a transfer of the supervision of a probationer from a private corporation, private enterprise, or private agency, or county, municipality, or consolidated government providing probation services to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Corrections shall have access to relevant reports, files, records, and papers of the transferring entity.
(c) All reports, files, records, and papers of whatever kind relative to the supervision of probationers by private corporations, private enterprises, or private agencies, or by a county, municipality, or consolidated government providing probation services, shall not be subject to process of subpoena.
(d) Periodically, the council may prepare and distribute aggregate, statewide information regarding the status of probation activities.
O.C.G.A. Secs. 42-8-101, 42-8-106.
