District 3 Commissioner Dana Barrett and District 5 Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. are challenging longtime Commission Chairman Robb Pitts.

The potential 12.5% increase centers around the Fulton County Jail, and a plan to address problems that have long plagued it.

Mold, rats and neglect: a year of inspections at Men’s Central Jail reveals ‘horrific’ conditions 'People have gotten numb to the horrors and I don't know what its going to take to jolt the ...

THE incredible story behind the murder of homeless Irishman Michael Malloy in New York City in the 1930s is a shocking tale ...

A 19-year-old named De’harrius Toland was arrested for smuggling contraband into the Fulton County Jail Annex through a cell ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Lucas County Commissioners voted Tuesday to conduct a facility assessment on the county's existing jail as costs for building a new jail continue to mount, ultimately leading to the ...

A Fulton County Jail employee has been indicted in federal court for allegedly using excessive force against prisoners.

ATLANTA – A Fulton County Jail employee has been indicted in federal court for allegedly using excessive force against prisoners. Sgt. Khadijah Solomon, 47, is accused of repeatedly using tasers ...

A former detention officer faces federal charges over illegally tasing detainees at the Fulton County Jail in an excessive force case in GA, prosecutors say.

A jail supervisor lied in reports she prepared about using force against three men detained at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, to hide how she repeatedly tased them as punishment, without legal ...