It may be too soon to tout a lowered re-offending rate or a quantifiable dollar amount saved to taxpayers, but a reverberation of statewide criminal justice reform is being noted by one local entity: the Hall County Correctional Institute. Warden Walt Davis said he’s seen dramatic shifts in the makeup of populations at correctional institutes due to sentencing guidelines affecting lower-level offenders. “Twenty four to 36 months later, we are really now beginning to see the impact of those reform efforts on the system,” he said.