Fulton County Jail, Atlanta

Justice Department Finds 'Dehumanizing' Filth and Violence at Atlanta Jail Where Man Died Covered in Bugs
Justice Department investigators found squalid living conditions, unchecked violence, and illegal mistreatment of minors and mentally ill inmates.
US Justice Department Finds Rights Violated at Atlanta Jail
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 incarcerates, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
'Dangerous and unsanitary' conditions at Georgia jail violate Constitution, feds say
Georgia officials violated the rights of people in an overcrowded jail plagued by killings and inhumane conditions, a Justice Department report says.
DOJ calls Georgia's Fulton County Jail 'dangerous and dehumanizing'
The U.S. Department of Justice says Georgia's Fulton County Jail violates detainees' Constitutional rights and federal law by subjecting them to "dangerous and dehumanizing conditions."
Justice Department Says Jail Conditions in Georgia's Fulton County Violate Detainee Rights
U.S. Justice Department officials said 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 exc
Scathing Justice Dept report says Georgia jail left inmates vulnerable to dangerous conditions
The DOJ launched a civil rights investigation into conditions at the Fulton County Jail after several inmates had died in a matter of weeks. One inmate, according to his family, was "eaten alive" by bed bugs.
Atlanta Suburbs Defy a National Trend, Shifting Left
Democrats searching for a silver lining in an otherwise crushing loss might do well to look at what happened in northern ...
Here's which counties have voting wait time displays on Election Day across metro Atlanta
As voters line up at the polls to cast their ballots, 11Alive is tracking wait times in some metro Atlanta counties.
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Fulton County Jail Is ‘Abhorrent, Unconstitutional’ And Violation Of Civil Rights, DOJ Says
The Fulton County is “abhorrent, unconstitutional” and a violation of civil rights, according to a report by Department of ...
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Voters reject public transportation expansion in two metro Atlanta counties
Voters in Cobb and Gwinnett counties in metro Atlanta rejected plans to expand public transit through a proposed one-percent ...
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Transit referendums appears to fail in Cobb and Gwinnett counties in metro Atlanta
Supporters had hoped the changing makeup of the two suburban counties would bode well for the proposed 1% sales taxes that would fund 30 years’ worth of projects.
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DOJ Finds Deplorable Conditions at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail
The Appeal and other news outlets spent years reporting on dangerous conditions inside Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton County Jail.
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'Inhumane' conditions at Atlanta's main prison: Justice Dept
Conditions at Atlanta's main prison are "inhumane, violent, and hazardous," a Justice Department official said Thursday ...
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‘Pocketbook’ election dooms transit expansion in Atlanta suburbs‘Pocketbook’ election dooms transit expansion in Atlanta suburbs
In fast-growing Gwinnett and Cobb counties, voters rejected ambitious plans to expand public transit, but traffic congestion and transportation needs for workers are growing.