The Fulton County Jail has a long and controversial history.
released on April 17, 2023.
The Fulton County Commission approved a $4 million settlement earlier this month for Thompson’s family, according toIn the aftermath of Thompson’s death, Labat asked the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for $5.3 million to help clean, sanitize and make other changes to the jail, the television station reported. The board approved funding.
Last year, Labat attempted to show county leaders the “humanitarian crisis” inside the jail, collecting hundreds of weapons made from chunks of the walls and loading them into“What you’ll see in these wheelbarrows are shanks. Right now, they total over 1,100 shanks,” Labat said. “These are pieces of the building that have been ripped apart, fashioned into knives, fashioned into deadly weapons.from the sheriff’s office. Burrowing into a cellblock, the inmate allegedly stabbed another prisoner.
“It presents a constant challenge for us to eliminate things like this from access to the inmates,” interim Fulton County Jail commander Curtis Clark said in theLast month, severe storms knocked out power, forcing the jail to run air conditioning for a weekend during a hot Georgia summer, reported. The generator did not cool the entire facility satisfactorily, leaving some inmates still sweltering in the heat.
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