Georgia, Fulton County Jail

Inmates at Georgia jail subjected to ‘dangerous and dehumanizing’ conditions, feds say
The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced that conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail violate the Constitution.
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.
Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ‘inhumane, violent’ conditions that threaten their safety, DOJ finds
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.
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.
'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.
'Unconstitutional, unlawful and dangerous' | DOJ releases horrific findings related to Fulton County Jail
Investigators also found that the main Fulton County Jail building is hazardous and unsanitary, citing flooding from broken toilets and sinks, infestations of cockroaches and rodents, and filthy cells with dangerous exposed wires. Investigators contend that this exposes detainees to pest infestation, malnourishment, and other harm.
Georgia's Fulton County Jail violates detainees' rights with violence and filth, feds say
The Justice Department has found that egregious conditions at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail — including pest infestation, malnourishment, a lack of adequate medical care and rampant violence that contributed to multiple deaths — violate the constitutional rights of people in custody.
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 excessive force and holding them in filthy and unsafe conditions.
DOJ Report Finds Fulton County Jail in Georgia in Violation of Constitutional Laws
The Justice Department found that Fulton County Jail in Georgia violates constitutional laws, with conditions leading to violence, neglect, and deaths.
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.”
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 demands changes at 'abhorrent' Atlanta jail
Georgia's Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to 'unconstitutional' conditions, the 16-month investigation found ...
DOJ report calls jail where inmate was ‘eaten alive’ by bedbugs a ‘death sentence’ for its inhabitants
Inmates held at a beleaguered county jail in Georgia have been subjected to unconstitutional, inhumane, and violent ...