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Atlanta City Council committee to discuss resolution calling for staged withdrawal of Fulton detainees from city jail.
Understaffed, dangerous and unsupervised: those are some of the words a federal investigator used to describe the ongoing ...
Fulton County leased 700 beds from the city in 2022. That agreement is set to expire in 2026 as the future of the Atlanta City Detention Center remains uncertain.
FULTON COUNTY, GA — A new independent monitor’s report is calling staffing shortages at the Fulton County Jail a “major ...
A new report by a court-appointed jail monitor states that the Fulton County Jail is severely understaffed, creating safety ...
The City of Alpharetta is considering funding its own jail to avoid sending residents to Atlanta's Fulton County Jail, which ...
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved $8.8 million to increase staffing and cover double overtime at the Rice ...
An incident is under investigation after two Fulton County inmates were hurt Sunday morning. According to the Fulton County ...
A damning report says Fulton County's jail staffing crisis is so bad that unsupervised detainees with makeshift weapons would immediately tear apart any new facility.
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat, who has long advocated for a new county jail, predicts the Rice Street jail renovation will be overbudget and take too long.
A report reveals severe understaffing and poor conditions at Fulton County Jail, with high vacancy rates and unsafe ...