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The 105-page report details the serious conditions at the jail —described as long-standing, filthy and dangerous — as well as remedial measures Fulton County officials should implement. Fulton ...
(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 ...
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 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".
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D–Ga.), who urged the Justice Department to launch the investigation, said in a press statement that Thursday's report "confirms that abuse at the Fulton County Jail has been ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where a mentally ill man infested with lice died in 2022 from neglect, systematically violates the constitutional rights of the people it ...
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Georgia's most populous county, with officials citing violence, filthy conditions and the death last ...
Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said that in addition to the city jail, more judges and more facilities to care for people with mental illness would help. He said he's ready to work ...