Georgia, Fulton County Jail

Georgia’s Fulton County Jail fails to protect and care for its inmates, DOJ finds
The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta subjects inmates to “inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions” that threaten their safety, a US Justice Department official said Thursday, announcing the results of a 16-month investigation.
Jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County violated constitutional rights of detainees: DOJ report
"Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence, including homicides and stabbings by other incarcerated people," a report released by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said.
'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.
Justice Dept. Reports Broad Civil Rights Abuses at Georgia Jail System
In a blunt report released on Thursday, the department said officials in Fulton County have had “deliberate indifference to the risks of harms.”
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.
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."
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.
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
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