The sheriff’s office said it carried out the shakedown in an area of the jail where deputies have repeatedly found contraband. During the operation, the sheriff’s office said a few inmates did not ...

Fulton County Jail inmates claim staff panicked and fire extinguishers were empty during a chaotic Friday night fire that sent nine people to the hospital.

A coalition of advocates is calling for city of Atlanta officials to begin planning for an end to the lease with Fulton County that allows Sheriff Patrick Labat to house inmates at the city’s ...

State law requires county jails to provide inmates three meals a day, but that doesn’t mean a county must spend more than it ...

ATLANTA — Fulton County has more inmates than jail cells, and the county has been working with the city of Atlanta to house some of its inmates at the Atlanta City Detention Center since 2023, but ...