Task Force To Contemplate Future Of Atlanta City Jail

Atlanta hopes to turn the under-used Atlanta City Detention Center into a place that focuses on training, health and crime prevention. 

The dwindling population at the Atlanta City Detention Center has the city thinking about how to best use the facility now.

A task force holds its first meeting Tuesday as the city hopes to turn the under-used jail into a place that focuses on training, health and crime prevention.

Community leaders, officials and those who’ve run the jail are among those who make up the group.