The U.S. Justice Department announced that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous ...

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 ...

The two items related to the Fulton County Jail were a request for funding by the sheriff’s office to pay certain contracts ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

“Our topline goal with this consent decree is to bring the Fulton County Jail within compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in an interview Frida ...

Justice Department Enters Consent Decree With Fulton County Over Jail Conditions ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it has entered into a court-enforceable ...