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The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, [1] is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now houses over 3,000. [ 2 ] The US Department of Justice found in 2024 that conditions in the jail were unconstitutionally "inhumane, violent and hazardous".
Fulton County, Georgia, and its sheriff's office violated the constitutional rights of people housed at the county jail, according to a new report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
(The Center Square) – The deaths of at least four Georgia men with mental disabilities at the Fulton County Jail are "symptomatic of a pattern of dangerous and dehumanizing conditions," the U.S ...
Overall, more than 60 Fulton inmates have died between 2009 and October 2022, the highest total for any jail in Georgia during that time, according to the Journal-Constitution's investigation.Last ...
Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details Nicodemo Scarfo: 09813-050: Transferred to FMC Butner; died of natural causes in 2017.: Boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1981 to 1988; convicted in 1988 of racketeering conspiracy for directing Mafia activities including drug trafficking, loansharking, extortion, and murder.
They were the beneficiaries of the Three Prisons Act of 1891, which established penitentiaries in Leavenworth, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and McNeil Island, Washington. The first two remain open today, the third closed in 1976. The Atlanta site was the largest Federal prison, with a capacity of 3,000 inmates.
The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary.
The Justice Department has found that egregious conditions at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail — including pest infestation, malnourishment, a lack of adequate medical care and rampant violence ...