Fulton County has reached a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve the federal agency’s investigation into the Fulton County Jail. Fulton County Sheriff Pat ...

Fulton County's troubled jail is going under federal oversight for the second time in 20 years. Why it matters: The legally binding consent decree will address the jail's deadly, unsanitary and ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia's most populous county after finding that violence and filthy conditions ...

Baltimore City, which is entering its eighth year under federal monitoring, has reached full and effective compliance within ...

Now, the USDOJ says they’ve proposed a consent decree with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to resolve claims of conditions in the jail violating the U.S. Constitution. U.S. Attorney Ryan K.

Fulton County has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve the investigation into the jail through a Consent Decree that was presented to the U.S. District Court of the ...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it has reached a proposed consent decree with Fulton County over jail conditions the department said violated the U.S. Constitution.

“The Thompson family is certainly pleased with the DOJ and Fulton County and the sheriff’s office agreeing to a consent decree. It is our desire the consent decree is enforced and adhered to ...

“Our topline goal with this consent decree is to bring the Fulton County Jail within compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in an interview Frida ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous county ... proposed consent decree in federal ...