This consent order is a road map to a better future for our facility, staff, and the individuals entrusted to our care,” ...

Fulton County and Sheriff Pat Labat have agreed to a consent decree with the DOJ to address the federal agency's investigation into the Fulton County Jail, which found poor conditions that led to ...

Fulton County's troubled jail is going under federal oversight for the second time in 20 years. Why it matters: The legally ...

In November, the DOJ released a report saying that current conditions in Georgia's Fulton County jails violate inmate rights.

A court-enforceable agreement has been reached to address unconstitutional and inhumane conditions at the Fulton County Jail, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it has reached a proposed consent decree with Fulton County over jail conditions ...

The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that ...

ATLANTA — The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia's most populous county ... and proposed consent decree in federal ...

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news ... The agreement to enter into a consent decree came after “extensive negotiations,” the release says. “This consent order is a road ...

The proposed consent decree provides for an independent monitor ... against people in county custody, the report said. Fulton County has a main jail and three annexes, and investigators found ...

The proposed consent decree must still be approved by a judge ... a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Fulton County, citing violence, filthy living quarters and the in-custody ...