The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary.

The Justice Department reached a consent decree with Fulton County and its Sheriff to address violations in the Fulton County Jail, including excessive violence, poor living conditions, and lack of ...

The Justice Department has filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in federal court, and the agreement must still be approved by a judge, the agency said ...

The Justice Department reached a deal with Fulton County to improve conditions at the jail. The DOJ says it found ...

In November, the DOJ released a report saying that current conditions in Georgia's Fulton County jails violate inmate rights.

A federal probe found unlawful and dangerous conditions at the jail that jeopardize the lives of detainees, many of whom have not been convicted of a crime.

Mo Ivory was officially sworn in as the Fulton County Commission's first Afro-Latina commissioner at a ceremony in downtown Atlanta.

Fulton County's troubled jail is going under federal oversight for the second time in 20 years. Why it matters: The legally ...

A court-enforceable agreement has been reached to address unconstitutional and inhumane conditions at the Fulton County Jail, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and Fulton County Sheriff’s Office announced that they’d come to an agreement for steps to ...

The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it has reached a proposed consent decree with Fulton County over jail conditions ...