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

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a federal consent decree mandating reforms to its police department. Under the ...

Days after announcing the U.S. Department of Justice had reached an agreement with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to fix ...

The Justice Department has entered into a consent decree with Fulton County to improve conditions at the county jail.

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 ...

More than a month after releasing a scathing report on Fulton County Jail, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed an ...

The Justice Department said it has reached an agreement to fix the jail’s “dehumanizing conditions” following multiple deaths ...

The Justice Department has filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in federal court, and the agreement must still be approved by a judge, the agency said.

The proposed consent decree mandates critical improvements to protect incarcerated individuals from violence and unsafe, ...

The Justice Department has filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in federal court, and the agreement must still be approved by a judge, the agency said ...

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

A federal probe found unlawful and dangerous conditions at the jail that jeopardize the lives of detainees, many of whom have not been convicted of a crime.