In July 2023, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced it would conduct a civil investigation into the conditions at the Fulton County Jail.
Last week, nearly 16 months later, the federal agency released a new report that found the conditions at the Fulton County Jail are unsafe, unsanitary and inhumane — violating the U.S. Constitution and defying federal law.
On Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Georgia State Sen. Sonya Halpern, who serves as a member of the Senate Committee on Public Safety’s Fulton County Jail Subcommittee, joined “Closer Look” to respond to the findings of the report.
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