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Family of man who died in Fulton jail wants criminal charges after DOJ report on violated rights
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DOJ finds Fulton County Jail in violation of federal law in probe of inmate’s death
The Justice Department (DOJ) issued a 105-page report Thursday outlining the inhumane conditions in the Fulton County Jail in Georgia. The DOJ found the jail managed by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office violated the Eighth and 14th amendments of the U.
DOJ investigation: "Grave" safety failures, unconstitutional conditions at Fulton County Jail
The U.S. Department of Justice says dangerous, unsanitary and deadly conditions at the troubled Fulton County jail violate inmates' constitutional rights. Why it matters: Fulton elected officials and Sheriff Pat Labat have quarreled for years over how to fix the overcrowded northwest Atlanta facility.
Georgia’s Fulton County Jail fails to protect and care for its inmates, DOJ finds
The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta subjects inmates to “inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions” that threaten their safety, a US Justice Department official said Thursday, announcing the results of a 16-month investigation.
DOJ Says Conditions in Georgia's Fulton County Jails Violate Inmate Rights
The report follows a federal investigation to assess conditions in Fulton County jails, focusing on detainees' living conditions and access to care.
Fulton County, Ga., officials: $300M updgrade would address 'inhumane' jail conditions
The U.S. Department of Justice says Georgia's Fulton County Jail violates detainees' Constitutional rights and federal law by subjecting them to "dangerous and dehumanizing conditions."
Jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County violated constitutional rights of detainees: DOJ report
"Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence, including homicides and stabbings by other incarcerated people," a report released by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said.
DOJ Finds Deplorable Conditions at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail
The Appeal and other news outlets spent years reporting on dangerous conditions inside Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton County Jail.
DOJ: Fulton County Jail 'fails' to protect prisoners from violence, 'atrocious conditions'
Clarke described detention in the Fulton County Jail as a "death sentence for dozens of people who have been murdered or who died as a result of the atrocious conditions inside the facility."
DOJ report says Georgia jail left inmates vulnerable to dangerous conditions
The jail in Georgia’s largest county, Fulton County, leaves its inmates vulnerable to “substantial risk of serious harm from violence” and violates their constitutional and statutory rights, according to a new Justice Department report released Thursday.
Justice Dept. Reports Broad Civil Rights Abuses at Georgia Jail System
In a blunt report released on Thursday, the department said officials in Fulton County have had “deliberate indifference to the risks of harms.”
Fulton County sheriff, chairman address DOJ report on Fulton County Jail
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DOJ details abuses at Atlanta jail where man was ‘neglected to death’
The Justice Department described conditions at the Fulton County Jail as dangerous, alleging such issues as inmates being ...