For years, debate about how to fix overcrowding and improve "inhumane" conditions at the troubled Rice Street Jail has fueled public arguments, and even a lawsuit, among Fulton County Commissioners ...

An inmate at Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center was pronounced dead Thursday at 7:37 a.m., according to a news advisory ...

Fulton County Jail in Atlanta has become one of the most controversial detention centers in the United States. Overcrowding, violence, and dangerous conditions have turned daily life behind its walls ...

Why Fulton County? The lyrics to the chart-topping song by Mariah Carey come to mind — “Why you so obsessed with me?” Because Georgia leaders — including top Republicans — refused to bend to President ...

Mo Ivory, a commissioner in Fulton County, is helping address overcrowding in local jails by bailing out three people a year.

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said he was not informed about a five-point plan to reduce overcrowding at the Fulton County ...

Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory is viral on TikTok after bailing out three inmates to highlight overcrowding and the $115 ...

Fulton County commissioners and county leaders announced the approval of a new plan to relieve overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail. County officials recommended moving eligible detainees to other ...

Officials say expanded diversion programs, lower bonds, and court reminders could help ease overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail.

Sheriff Labat criticized what he described as a pattern of significant proposals being announced publicly without coordination with those who operate the jail.

The five-point plan passed on a 4-3 vote, with those against saying it is not fully formed nor publicly vetted.

The bill would require the City of Atlanta to rent unused space at the city jail to house overflow inmates from Fulton County ...