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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...