DOJ, Fulton County and Civil Rights Division

FULL: DOJ and US Attorney's Office press Fulton County Jail press conference
The Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney's Office Northern District held a press conference early Thursday afternoon to discuss the results of the civil investigation into the Fulton County Jail.
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.
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.
Fulton County officials respond to horrific DOJ findings on jail
The sheriff and board of commissioners chairman expressed optimism despite a damning report from the Department of Justice.
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.
Department of Justice says rights of inmates at Fulton County Jail are being violated
At that time, at least seven people had died inside the jail since the DOJ started its investigation. “Today’s Justice Department report confirms that abuse at the Fulton County Jail has been not just horrific,
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.
Justice Department to hold civil rights announcement in Atlanta
The event, set to start at noon, will take place in the U.S. Attorney’s Office Training Room at the Richard B. Russell ...
Florida’s Matt Gaetz resigns House seat after Trump taps him for attorney general
Gaetz’s resignation effectively means he will escape a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.
How Gaetz as attorney general would impact Justice Department
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