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Halls new correctional institution opens with vow for a 'second chance'
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Visitors enter the new Hall County Correctional Institution on Friday morning for tours during an open house. Cost of the project is $3.2 million, half of projected $6 million, due to use of inmate labor.
Sitting in the shadow of its predecessor, the Hall County Correctional Institution opened its doors Friday as Warden Walt Davis praised the county for its commitment to redemption. “We have a community here in Hall County that is really, really willing to forgive and forget and give people a second chance,” he said. Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles, who served as the warden before Davis, joined Hall County officials for the unveiling of the new facility.