LaShawn Thompson, 35, was housed in the psychiatric wing of the Fulton County Jail after a June 2022 arrest on a misdemeanor battery charge in Atlanta. Local officials said Thompson had diagnosed ...

The Justice Department has found that egregious jail conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County — including pest infestation, malnourishment, a lack of adequate medical care and rampant violence ...

Latreece Williams hasn’t had a good night’s sleep at her home in Perkerson Park in over a month. Not since her son Dewayne ...

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.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - A Georgia Senate subcommittee investigating the problems at the Fulton County Jail has released its preliminary report and recommendations for the troubled jail.

The potential 12.5% increase centers around the Fulton County Jail, and a plan to address problems that have long plagued it.

The Fulton County jail system, which includes four buildings, was under federal supervision between 2006 and 2015, largely for the very problems identified in the report. The department opened its ...

The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta unconstitutionally subjects inmates to “inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions” that threaten their safety, a US Justice Department official said Thursday ...

Jail officials in Georgia's most populous county violate the constitutional rights of people in their custody by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force and holding them in ...

An Atlanta man has been sentenced to over 150 years in prison for killing his 4-year-old daughter by denying her food and ...

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 ...

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 ...