'Dangerous and unsanitary' conditions at Georgia jail violate Constitution, feds say
Georgia officials violated the rights of people in an overcrowded jail plagued by killings and inhumane conditions, a Justice Department report says.
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,
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 Says Conditions in Georgia's Fulton County Jails Violate Inmate Rights
The report follows a federal investigation to assess conditions in Fulton County jails, focusing on detainees' living conditions and access to care.
DOJ calls Georgia's Fulton County Jail 'dangerous and dehumanizing'
The U.S. Department of Justice says Georgia's Fulton County Jail violates detainees' Constitutional rights and federal law by subjecting them to "dangerous and dehumanizing conditions."
Jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County violated constitutional rights of inmates: DOJ report
Fulton County, Georgia, and its sheriff's office violated the constitutional rights of people housed at the county jail, according to a new report released by the Justice Departme
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.
Police and protesters clash in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region
Police and hundreds of demonstrators have clashed in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a ...
Can a 3-loss Georgia team make the playoffs?
Paul Finebaum argues that Georgia won't be able to make the College Football Playoff with three losses before an SEC ...
Suspect in Laken Riley slaying goes to trial Friday in Georgia
A judge on Friday will decide the fate of the man charged with murdering nursing student Laken Riley on the UGA campus.
Trial to begin for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
A trial is set to get underway for a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student earlier this year, in a case that ...
10-year-old walks alone a mile away from Georgia home, leading to his mother's arrest
A Georgia mother was arrested and accused of allegedly endangering her son — all because the unsupervised 10-year-old walked ...
Georgia lineman killed, another injured after workplace accident: 'Tragic passing'
Veteran lineman Eric Weems died on Wednesday after equipment failed while working on a power project in Griffin, Georgia.
Georgia lawmaker proposes new gun safety policies after school shooting
The suggestions are part of a draft report Jones released at the final meeting of the Senate Study Committee on Safe Firearm ...
Georgia vs. Tennessee score prediction by expert football model
A critical SEC rivalry kicks off packed with College Football Playoff implications as two-loss, No. 11 Georgia welcomes No. 6 ...
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Georgia high school football teams facing long road trips in first round of playoffs
Northwest Whitfield is eight miles from the Tennessee border but will be eight miles from the Atlantic Ocean on Friday night when the Bruins play Jenkins at Memorial Stadium in Savannah. That 350-mile ...
Georgia House Democrats shift toward new leaders after limited election gains
Democrats in Georgia’s state House are choosing new leaders after the minority party made only limited gains in the Nov. 5 ...