Fulton County’s chief financial officer presented commissioners Wednesday with a proposed budget that includes a tax increase to improve deplorable conditions at the county jail, which is the subject ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Understaffed, dangerous and unsupervised: those are some of the words a federal investigator used to describe the ongoing crisis in the Fulton County Jail. The federal report ...

Federal monitor’s first report finds Fulton County Jail dangerously understaffed, with vacancy rates topping 70% on some shifts. Report cites unsafe housing floors, inoperable beds, overcrowded intake ...

ATLANTA — An independent monitor appointed to oversee an agreement meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Georgia's most populous county said significant understaffing creates ...

A proposal on Monday to build a new mental and medical health facility at Fulton County’s jail follows a spate of lawsuits filed over the past week detailing the dangerous conditions faced by inmates ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Fulton County Board of Commissioners has given the green light on a plan to improve crumbling conditions at the Fulton County Jail. In a 4-1 vote on Wednesday, ...

The Fulton County detention center is old, crumbling and dangerous, according to Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat. Labat has long pushed for a new jail. Now, he's pushing Atlanta City Council to ...

ATLANTA (AP) — An independent monitor appointed to oversee an agreement meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county said significant understaffing ...