ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Fulton County leaders are looking to leverage state support to acquire the Atlanta City Detention Center. “Having control of that facility and manage our ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said he will file a lawsuit against Fulton County unless county leadership reach out to him and address his demands by the end ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fulton County now houses fewer than 2,500 detainees, with about 1,600 at the main jail and the rest at other facilities, according to sheriff’s office data. Sixteen percent of people have ...

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

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 ...