On Dec. 18, commissioners voted down the request for funding, as Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat requested about $2.24 million to purchase supplies and equipment for jail inmate and detainee ...
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis ... is responsible for staffing the facility to house their inmates but due to sheriff’s office staffing issues, they’ve only housed around 400 ...
As of the end of 2024, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office told Channel 2 Action News that five inmates or detainees had died while in the sheriff’s custody, though the office also clarified ...
Willis claimed some prisoners were using pieces of the jail to make shanks to either protect themselves from -- or attack -- other inmates. She charged the Fulton County Commission with ...
The lawsuit, filed alongside fellow inmate Nkenegen Hambrick, accuses jail officials of overseeing dire conditions at the Fulton County Jail. Allegations include overcrowding, crumbling ...
In 2023, 10 inmates died at the jail, prompting lawmakers to push the Department of Justice to work faster. Now, the USDOJ says they’ve proposed a consent decree with the Fulton County Sheriff ...
Fulton County DA Fani Willis urges commissioners to approve increased funding for the Rice Street jail facility, emphasizing the need for improved conditions. Citizens are encouraged to contact ...
The 16-month federal investigation found that ill-trained and understaffed Fulton County Jail guards had a "practice ... by housing extremely violent inmates alongside vulnerable and low-risk ...
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced Jan. 3 that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous county after finding that violence and filthy ...
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