Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat keeps asking for a new county jail even after a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice because repair and maintenance efforts don’t go far ...

“Our topline goal with this consent decree is to bring the Fulton County Jail within compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in an interview Frida ...

The proposed consent decree provides for an independent monitor ... against people in county custody, the report said. Fulton County has a main jail and three annexes, and investigators found ...

The proposed consent decree must still be approved by a judge ... a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Fulton County, citing violence, filthy living quarters and the in-custody ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad “Our topline goal with this consent decree is to bring the Fulton County Jail within compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law,” U.S ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced Jan. 3 that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous county after finding that violence and filthy ...