The Fulton County Board of Commissioners appears poised to approve a major budget boost to help address horrific conditions ...

Fulton County officials insist a court staffing shortage is causing "justice failure" adding to jail "crisis." ...

A court-approved deal was reached between Fulton County and the DOJ to address violence and life-threatening conditions at the county jail. Kathleen Kenney, an experienced attorney in corrections, was ...

The proposed budget anticipates a property tax rate increase of more than 4%, mostly for improvements at the dilapidated jail ...

ATLANTA — As heavy rain moved through Atlanta on Wednesday night, Fulton County's Rice Street Jail experienced flooding. The Futon County Sheriff's Office released videos showing water inside the ...

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. The sheriff’s office ...

The Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee voted to hold a resolution that would have started an exit strategy to remove Fulton County inmates from the city jail. The four-year temporary ...

FULTON COUNTY, GA — Fulton County commissioners have approved a one-time cash infusion to cover detention officer overtime at the county jail, but the vote didn’t come without tension. The resolution, ...

ATLANTA — A Fulton County Jail detention officer was taken to the hospital after being stabbed on Saturday, according to the sheriff's office. It happened just after 11:30 a.m. when 18-year-old Bakari ...