Fear And Makeshift Masks: Surviving A Pandemic Inside Fulton County’s Jails

The Georgia House voted 95-81 Wednesday for a measure that would require cash or property bail for 31 additional crimes, including some misdemeanors.

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Fulton County Jail officials have reported that a total of 16 inmates have had confirmed cases of COVID-19. They now say only 12 are active and being treated on-site. The sheriff’s office says they’re all improving. 

Officials there say the virus is under control. But for those who are locked up, fears are running high.

Kenya Anderson was arrested in College Park on nonviolent drug charges, mostly for marijuana. She was booked in early March. People were still eating in restaurants then.