In a shift to curb overcrowding, the Fulton County Jail is locking its gates to the majority of misdemeanor offenders this ...

Fulton County commission chairman Robb Pitts wants the policy to start before the first World Cup matches in Atlanta June 15.

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat says he will stop accepting people arrested on low-level misdemeanor charges into the ...

The day after Fulton County commissioners decided to spend $1.2 billion on renovating the county jail and building a new facility next to it, Sheriff Patrick Labat called the decision “a political ...

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office will stop accepting most misdemeanor arrestees at the Rice Street jail beginning July 1 due to a federal consent decree over the facility's unconstitutional ...

Five Richland County Council seats are up for election this year. Three of the races have primary contests, but in two of ...

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is implementing new procedures for processing misdemeanor arrests in response to overcrowding and worsening conditions at the jail.

Some advocates say the new plan to not accept certain misdemeanor bookings into the Fulton County Jail is a good first step.

Big changes are coming to the Fulton County Jail. Deputies will stop booking misdemeanor arrestees with limited exceptions ...

A Georgia man convicted in an $11 million fraud scheme is missing from a federal prison camp in Jesup, and authorities are ...

In a major policy change, Sheriff Pat Labat announced that the Fulton County Jail will no longer accept most misdemeanor ...