Danny Robbins

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ATLANTA — Top Georgia lawmakers acknowledged during this year’s legislative session that costly steps were needed to deal with a prison system operating in crisis mode, and they acted accordingly. The state House and Senate approved most of what Gov. Brian Kemp asked for in a special request for the prison system and incorporated some of their own ideas, too. The result: $434 million in new funding for the Georgia Department of Corrections for the current fiscal year.