The Fulton County Board of Commissioners appears poised to approve a major budget boost to help address horrific conditions ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Three detention officers at the Fulton County Jail have been fired and arrested, the ...

The sheriff’s office said it carried out the shakedown in an area of the jail where deputies have repeatedly found contraband. During the operation, the sheriff’s office said a few inmates did not ...

Part of the Fulton County Jail flooded Wednesday, forcing deputies to use blankets and sandbags to hold back the water. Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat has argued that the county needs a new jail ...

FULTON COUNTY, GA — Fulton County will move ahead with plans to renovate its troubled Rice Street Jail. The $1.1B plan is to construct a special purpose building next to the current jail and then ...

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 ...