DOJ: Fulton County Jail 'fails' to protect prisoners from violence, 'atrocious conditions'

Clarke described detention in the Fulton County Jail as a "death sentence for dozens of people who have been murdered or who died as a result of the atrocious conditions inside the facility."

Published: November 14, 2024 1:28pm

Updated: November 14, 2024 2:01pm

A Justice Department official said Thursday that a 16-month investigation found that the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta “fails to adequately protect incarcerated people” from violence.

The probe also found “inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions" for inmates.

“Our investigation finds longstanding, unconstitutional, unlawful and dangerous conditions that jeopardize the lives and wellbeing of the people held there,” said Kristen Clarke, assistant U.S. attorney general for the department’s civil rights division.

“We cannot turn a blind eye to the inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions that people are subjected to inside the Fulton County Jail,” she also said.

Clarke described detention in the county jail as a "death sentence for dozens of people who have been murdered or who died as a result of the atrocious conditions inside the facility."

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