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 ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — In January, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia proposed a consent decree for fixing the Fulton ...

The protests come a week after the U.S. Justice Department's shocking report calling the conditions at the Fulton County Jail "unconstitutional, unlawful and dangerous." ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners are proposing a budget for the next fiscal year that includes a ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said that two former detention officers who had worked at the Rice Street Jail had been arrested after being under investigation for misconduct.

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 ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two men are behind bars after investigators say they tried to smuggle contraband into the Fulton County Jail using a drone earlier this week. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office ...

The funding will take effect in September. Double overtime will continue through the end of the year, provided the county receives proof of timekeeping and employee location within 60 days. On ...