(The Center Square) – Hiring and retention of employees are among the biggest challenges for Georgia's prison system, Department of Corrections Commissioner Tyrone Oliver told a House of Representatives committee.

"We lose most of our applicants within the first two years," Oliver told the Special Subcommittee of Appropriations on State Prisons during its first meeting. "We don't have a problem getting applicants. The problem occurs in the application process. Eighty percent of them don't make it through whether it's they don't show up for the interview, background checks get them or they have a poor interview."

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