Liability for probationers' injuries.

- Neither the state, and particularly the Department of Offender Rehabilitation (Corrections) and its employees in their official capacities, may incur liability as a result of a probationer injured while performing court-ordered community service work except to the extent permitted by O.C.G.A. § 28-5-85. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-18.

Department of Offender Rehabilitation (Corrections) employees, authorized by law to supervise probationers while the probationers are performing approved court-ordered tasks under O.C.G.A. §§ 42-8-71,42-8-72, and42-8-73 are performing a governmental function as opposed to a ministerial task, and therefore will not be personally liable for injuries to the probationers sustained while performing the tasks unless the employees' conduct is willful and wanton. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-18.

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Penal and Correctional Institutions, § 20.