Republicans in a Georgia Senate committee have advanced a bill that would force the city of Atlanta to let the Fulton County sheriff use the city jail for no more than the cost of maintaining it ...

The family of a Fulton County Jail inmate says their loved one is being extorted for money and was attacked by other inmates.

The proposal would force the city of Atlanta to allow the Fulton County sheriff to use the city jail for no more than the ...

An Atlanta family fears their loved one could be killed before he gets his day in court. The inmate's sister says her brother ...

Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci, who pleaded guilty to a gang charge last year, was released from prison Friday, Georgia Department of Correction officials confirmed.

Jesse Lee Ashford, 28, of Atlanta, is accused of possessing a paper that tested positive for synthetic cannabinoids after a ...

At the time, county officials expected to take in 75 federal inmates a day, for a total of around $220,000 per month in revenue, with additional federal dollars expected from the sheriff's office ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it found inmate conditions at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

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 ...

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 rectifying ...