Department of Justice Fulton County Jail investigation: Rights of inmates violated
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - On Thursday, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia will hold a press conference to make a civil rights announcement.
Jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County violated constitutional rights of inmates: 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.
Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ‘inhumane, violent’ conditions that threaten their safety, DOJ finds
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.
Justice Department finds unconstitutional conditions at Fulton County Jail
A federal investigation has found that Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail is violating the civil rights of people in their custody by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force, and holding them in filthy and unsafe conditions.
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.”
Justice Department says jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County violate detainee rights
Jail officials in Georgia's most populous county are violating the constitutional rights of people in their custody by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force and holding them in filthy and unsafe conditions,
Justice Department finds that Georgia’s Fulton County fails to adequately protect jail inmates from violence
Justice Department finds that Georgia’s Fulton County fails to adequately protect jail inmates from violence. My 11-year-old walked less than a mile away from home. I was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.
US DOJ report exposes abusive conditions at Fulton County Jail
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a report on Thursday that the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta routinely violates the constitutional rights of individuals in its custody. The DOJ’s
Justice Department: Fulton County Jail conditions violate the constitution
The deaths of at least four Georgia men with mental disabilities at the Fulton County Jail are "symptomatic of a pattern of dangerous and dehumanizing conditions," the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Fulton County sheriff, chairman respond to federal report that inmates’ rights are being violated
Report also finds violations of Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | County has 49 days to respond or could face lawsuit.
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