The Atlanta City Council has introduced a resolution that could force Fulton County to look for a new place to jail people.

It is time to start planning for a “staged withdrawal” of Fulton County jail inmates being held in the city of Atlanta’s detention center, according to a new resolution proposed by Atlanta City ...

The family of a Fulton County inmate says their loved one is being extorted for money and was attacked by other inmates. The family says the inmate notified jail officials about the threats of ...

The Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee voted to hold a resolution that would have started an exit strategy to remove Fulton County inmates from the city jail. The four-year temporary ...

A Fulton County Jail detention officer was hospitalized Saturday after being assaulted, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

Three former Fulton County detention officers who worked at the Rice Street jail are under arrest and ... revealed that they mistreated inmates, officials said. “These arrests are part of ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - An inmate at the Fulton County Jail will spend additional decades behind bars after he was found guilty of attacking a deputy while in custody. The attack happened on the ...

inside the Fulton County Jail. In 2022, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said the inmate, Richard Parham, attacked the deputy, [Clarence Houston], “causing multiple stab wounds.” ...

The attack occurred at about 11:30 a.m. when Detention Officer Rico George asked 18-year-old Bakari Stokes-Martin to remove a blanket that was covering his upper body while he was out for free ...

"Detention in the Fulton County Jail amounted to a death sentence for ... in collaboration with our Fulton County justice partners, we reduced the inmate population by nearly 1,100, such that ...

FULTON COUNTY, GA — A Fulton County Sheriff’s Office detention officer is recovering ... Officer Rico George was stabbed by an 18-year-old inmate identified as Bakari Stokes-Martin, who ...