Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ... - Yahoo News
1 day ago · The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta unconstitutionally 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.. Housing units flooded by broken toilets; infestations of roaches and rodents; exposed wiring; a lack of food, medical and mental health care; and ...
Scathing Justice Dept report says Georgia jail left inmates ... - CBS News
1 day ago · The Justice Department launched its civil investigation into Fulton County's jail in July 2023, after at least four Black inmates died in the mental health unit in a matter of weeks, including two ...
Justice Department Finds Conditions at Fulton County Jail in …
1 day ago · The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at the Fulton County Jail (the Jail) in Georgia violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.. The department’s report details its findings from a comprehensive investigation of the Jail, funded and operated ...
US DOJ report exposes abusive conditions at Fulton County Jail
9 hours ago · The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a report on Thursday that the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta routinely violates the constitutional rights of individuals in its custody. The DOJ’s report revealed the findings of a civil rights investigation launched in July 2023, uncovering pervasive abuses at the facility that included failures ...
Department of Justice says rights of inmates at Fulton County Jail …
1 day ago · Channel 2 Action News gets look inside crumbling Fulton County jail; $5.3M approved for Fulton County Jail after family claims inmate ‘eaten alive’ by bed bugs; Sheriff responds to claims ...
Justice Department says jail conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County ...
11 hours ago · Federal authorities cited the September 2022 death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in a bedbug-infested cell in the Fulton County Jail’s psychiatric wing, noting that an independent autopsy ...
Justice Department says jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County ...
1 day ago · Fulton County has a main jail and three annexes, and investigators found that the main jail is hazardous and unsanitary, citing flooding from broken toilets and sinks, infestations of cockroaches ...
Fulton County officials respond to horrific DOJ findings on jail
1 day ago · Sheriff, county chairman respond to DOJ's horrific findings on Fulton Jail. The sheriff and board of commissioners chairman expressed optimism despite a damning report from the Department of ...
DOJ finds Fulton County Jail in violation of federal law in probe …
The Justice Department (DOJ) issued a 105-page report Thursday outlining the inhumane conditions in the Fulton County Jail in Georgia. The DOJ found the jail managed by the Fulton County Sheriff ...
Fulton County Jail investigation by DOJ | Findings released - KHOU.com
14 hours ago · The Fulton County Sheriff's Office doesn't adequately protect jail inmates from violence by other detainees, including stabbings, sexual abuse and killings, federal officials contend in a lengthy ...