Georgia, Fulton County Jail and Justice Department

Georgia’s Fulton County Jail fails to protect and care for its inmates, DOJ finds
The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta 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.
Justice Department says jail conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County violate detainee rights
Jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county are violating 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,
US Justice Department finds rights violated at Atlanta jail
The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where a mentally ill man infested with lice died in 2022 from neglect, systematically violates the constitutional rights of the people it incarcerates, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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.
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.”
Condiciones carcelarias en condado de Georgia violan derechos de detenidos: Departamento de Justicia
Funcionarios del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos dijeron el jueves que los responsables de la cárcel del condado más poblado de Georgia violan los derechos constitucionales de las personas bajo su custodia al no protegerlas de la violencia,
Justice Department finds that Georgia’s Fulton County fails to adequately protect jail inmates from violence
Justice Department finds that Georgia’s Fulton County fails to adequately protect jail inmates from violence.
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