Fulton County Jail Overcrowded Again

David Goldman / Associated Press file

Updated at 11:50 a.m. Monday

The Fulton County jail in northwest Atlanta is overcrowded once again, resulting in some inmates having to sleep on mattresses in frames on the floor in open areas.

Chief jailer Mark Adger says the daily population at the county’s four facilities was more than 3,000 inmates on several days during a one-week period in mid-June, with the highest count totaling 3,023, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.