Fulton County’s Jail is overcrowded, forcing hundreds of detainees to have to endure substandard conditions, including sleeping on cots on the floor.
Sheriff Patrick Labat and the City of Atlanta reached an agreement to ease that overcrowding.
The plan is for the city of Atlanta to lease 700 jail beds from the Atlanta City Detention Center. That’s pending an analysis by an intergovernmental committee.
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