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 ...

On Monday afternoon, the Fulton County Sheriff announced the consent decree proposed by the USDOJ had been adopted and signed ...

Fulton County and Sheriff Pat Labat have agreed to a consent decree with the DOJ to address the federal agency's ...

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 US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that ...

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 ...

“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 ...