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,

The report follows a federal investigation to assess conditions in Fulton County jails, focusing on detainees' living conditions and access to care.

Fulton County, Georgia, and its Sheriff's Office violated the constitutional rights of people housed at the county jail, according to a new report released by the Justice Department on Thursday. "Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence,