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Sheriff in Georgia promises to pay security company $1.4 million after jail walkouts
1 week, 4 days ago

Sheriff in Georgia promises to pay security company $1.4 million after jail walkouts

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it will send about $1.4 million in electronic payments to a private security company by the end of the week that pulled its staff from the local jail in Georgia. The Sheriff’s office did not pay the company what it owed in any billing cycle since the start of its contract …

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Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ‘inhumane, violent’ conditions that threaten their safety, DOJ finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ‘inhumane, violent’ conditions that threaten their safety, DOJ finds

CNN  

CNN — The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta unconstitutionally 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. “Detention in the Fulton County Jail has amounted to a death sentence for dozens of people who have been murdered or who died as a …

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Alabama Man Sentenced to Nearly 2 Years in Prison for Threatening Georgia Prosecutor and Sheriff
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Alabama Man Sentenced to Nearly 2 Years in Prison for Threatening Georgia Prosecutor and Sheriff

Associated Press  

An Alabama man, Arthur Ray Hanson II, was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff. Hanson, who was angered by an investigation into former President Donald Trump, made the calls in August 2023. He faced charges of leaving threatening voicemails and was sentenced to …

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Contract security officers leave jail in Atlanta after nonpayment of contract
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Contract security officers leave jail in Atlanta after nonpayment of contract

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Some security officers at a jail in Atlanta that is under federal investigation walked off the job after the Fulton County sheriff’s office failed to pay money owed to the third-party contractor that employs them. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that it is facing “a significant budget crisis” and owed an outstanding balance …

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Georgia lawmakers say the top solution to jail problems is for officials to work together
4 months ago

Georgia lawmakers say the top solution to jail problems is for officials to work together

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate committee says more cooperation among county officials would improve conditions in Fulton County’s jail, but it also called on the city of Atlanta to hand over all of its former jail to the county to house prisoners. “I think it’s a bit too early to tell how we’re going to come up to the 2025 …

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Georgia sheriff laments scrapped jail plans in county under federal civil rights investigation
5 months, 1 week ago

Georgia sheriff laments scrapped jail plans in county under federal civil rights investigation

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The sheriff in a Georgia county where prison conditions have led to a federal civil rights investigation criticized a decision not to move forward with plans for a new jail, calling the vote “shortsighted” on Friday. The U.S. Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation last year over longstanding problems with jail conditions in the county. “This …

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Alabama man charged with making threats against Georgia prosecutor, sheriff over Trump election case
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama man charged with making threats against Georgia prosecutor, sheriff over Trump election case

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — An Alabama man has been indicted on federal charges that he threatened violence against a Georgia prosecutor and sheriff related to an investigation into former President Donald Trump. The indictment returned Oct. 25 and unsealed Monday accuses Arthur Ray Hanson II of Huntsville of leaving threatening voicemails for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff …

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Jail where Trump will be booked in Georgia has long been plagued with violence
1 year, 4 months ago

Jail where Trump will be booked in Georgia has long been plagued with violence

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender on Thursday at the jail in Georgia’s most populous county — an overcrowded facility with a reputation for violence and neglect that has prompted a federal investigation into conditions there. Trump will be released from Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, known colloquially as the Rice Street jail, once he is …

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Trump Expected To Be Booked At Infamous Atlanta Jail
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump Expected To Be Booked At Infamous Atlanta Jail

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When former President Donald Trump and 18 others appear to be arraigned on the charges listed Monday in the Georgia indictment over election interference, they are expected to be booked at a notoriously filthy and grim Atlanta jail that the Justice Department has been investigating. Stinson was found in his cell unresponsive with “no obvious signs of …

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Fulton County sheriff vows “we’ll have a mugshot” if Trump is indicted
1 year, 4 months ago

Fulton County sheriff vows “we’ll have a mugshot” if Trump is indicted

Salon  

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said his office is prepared in the event that former President Donald Trump is indicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Speaking to journalists Tuesday afternoon at the Fulton Government Center, Labat explained that he sent deputies to the former president's New York and Miami court …

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Justice Department to investigate jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county
1 year, 5 months ago

Justice Department to investigate jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county, with officials citing violence, filthy conditions and the death last year of a man whose body was found covered in insects. Investigators will look at living conditions, access to medical and mental health care, use of excessive force by …

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eStem Public Charter Schools in Arkansas names Labat as CEO
1 year, 6 months ago

eStem Public Charter Schools in Arkansas names Labat as CEO

Associated Press  

— A public charter school system serving nearly 3,000 students in Little Rock has a new leader. After a nationwide search, eStem Public Charter Schools selected Cherie Labat, a career educator whose last post was with the University of Southern Mississippi, to be chief executive officer of the charter system, officials said in a news release Friday. Labat’s passion about …

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'Severe Neglect' To Blame For Man's Death In Bedbug-Infested Georgia Jail Cell
1 year, 7 months ago

'Severe Neglect' To Blame For Man's Death In Bedbug-Infested Georgia Jail Cell

Huff Post  

Lashawn Thompson, 35, died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. Paras Griffin via Getty Images ATLANTA — A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing “died due to severe neglect,” according to an independent autopsy released Monday by lawyers for his family. An earlier report …

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Autopsy finds ‘severe neglect’ to blame for man’s death in bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell
1 year, 7 months ago

Autopsy finds ‘severe neglect’ to blame for man’s death in bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing “died due to severe neglect,” according to an independent autopsy released Monday by lawyers for his family. The independent autopsy report lists the cause of death as “Complications due to Severe Neglect,” with “Untreated Decompensated Schizophrenia” identified as a contributing cause. An earlier report …

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An autopsy cites neglect for man's death in a bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell
1 year, 7 months ago

An autopsy cites neglect for man's death in a bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell

NPR  

An autopsy cites neglect for man's death in a bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell Enlarge this image toggle caption Christina Matacotta/AP Christina Matacotta/AP ATLANTA — A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing "died due to severe neglect," according to an independent autopsy released Monday by lawyers for his family. Sponsor Message The independent autopsy …

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Family wants federal investigation after man’s death in jail
1 year, 8 months ago

Family wants federal investigation after man’s death in jail

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the facility. This is criminal,” Crump said as he held up a photo of Thompson’s dirty, trash-strewn cell during a news conference and rally Thursday in front of the jail. The medical …

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Top jail staff forced out after man’s death at Georgia jail
1 year, 8 months ago

Top jail staff forced out after man’s death at Georgia jail

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia sheriff on Monday announced the resignations of top jail staff amid an investigation into the death of a man in a bedbug-infested cell in the jail’s psychiatric wing. Photos from Thompson’s filthy cell spread across social media last week and prompted widespread outrage, including from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, which tweeted, “the word inhumane …

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Georgia sheriff: Teen threatened death for Young Thug arrest
2 years, 6 months ago

Georgia sheriff: Teen threatened death for Young Thug arrest

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia officials have arrested an 18-year-old who they say threatened online to kill a sheriff and his wife over the arrest of rappers Young Thug and Gunna and others. Local news outlets report Mender threatened to kill Labat, his wife Jacki and the Atlanta school district’s police chief on various social media pages if they did not release …

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