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 inmates: 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 Department says jail conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County violate detainee rights
Jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county are violating the constitutional rights of people in their custody by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force, and holding them in filthy and unsafe conditions,
DOJ Says Conditions in Georgia's Fulton County Jails Violate Inmate Rights
The report follows a federal investigation to assess conditions in Fulton County jails, focusing on detainees' living conditions and access to care.
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."
DOJ releases scathing repot on Fulton County Jail
A scathing report from the Department of Justice calling the conditions inside the Fulton County Jail inhumane and unconstitutional. The report was prompted by the death Lashawn Thompson, who was foun
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A trial is set to get underway for a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student earlier this year, in a case that ...
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