The Fulton County Board of Commissioners will consider a $1.1 billion at its next meeting. The plan will update the current jail and add a new building for detainees with special needs. Multiple ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — As heavy rain moved through Atlanta on Wednesday night, Fulton County's Rice Street Jail experienced flooding. The Futon County Sheriff's Office released videos showing water inside the ...

Editor’s note: The Fulton County Jail is in subpar shape and operates under a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Sheriff Patrick Labat has called for building a new jail, ...

FULTON COUNTY, GA — A new independent monitor’s report is calling staffing shortages at the Fulton County Jail a “major crisis,” warning that the lack of jail workers is creating dangerous conditions ...

Five Fulton County commissioners on Wednesday rejected Commissioner Dana Barrett’s proposal to remove a reporting requirement attached to millions of dollars earmarked to pay for jailer overtime at ...

Five inmates and four Fulton County Jail staff members were taken to a local hospital with smoke inhalation injuries after an inmate started a fire at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 12. The Fulton ...

JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. (WNYT) — A man has been sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for possessing cocaine in Fulton County. Branden B. Canty, 40, was arrested in August 2024 after he brought 7.26 ounces of ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Another inmate was taken to the hospital Friday night after a fire at the Fulton County Jail. Authorities said an inmate started a fire at the jail, sending 10 inmates and staff ...

A man was arrested while trying to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the Fulton County Jail South Annex. A Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy was making a security round at 3 a.m., when he ...