Sheriff Pat Labat is not giving up hope for building a $1.7 billion jail despite the Fulton County Commission choosing to abandon the plan. Why it matters: The commission's decision last week to ...

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat on Friday called plans to renovate the Fulton County Jail rather than building a new, $1.7 billion facility “shortsighted,” and said he thinks a Justice ...

Dino Walker was reportedly stabbed multiple times and left bleeding to death on the floor at the Fulton County Jail after a detention officer left his post for nearly an hour.

Fulton County commissioners approved a plan to refurbish the Fulton County Jail instead of building a new one. The troubled jail may receive up to $300 million for the repairs.

Fulton County still has not finalized agreements to move inmates to other jails as its population soars above capacity.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County commissioners this week scrapped plans to build a new county jail, opting to renovate the facility instead, against the sheriff's longstanding wishes.

Fulton County jail officials showed Winne a collection of more than a thousand inmate-made weapons, most of them knife blades or sticking implements.

Fulton County Commissioners tabled a vote Wednesday on building a new jail and also on pouring more money into the current one.

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat says the plan to renovate the Rice Street Jail instead of building a new facility is short-sighted.

A detainee was killed and four other inmates injured in a mass stabbing at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, according to the Fulton County Sheriff.