DOJ Reaches Consent Decree With Fulton County

Justice Department enters consent decree with Fulton County over jail conditions
The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia's most populous county after finding that violence and filthy conditions in county lockups violated the constitutional rights of people held in jail.
DOJ Reaches Consent Decree With Fulton County Over Jail Conditions
In November, the DOJ released a report saying that current conditions in Georgia's Fulton County jails violate inmate rights.
Justice Department enters proposed consent decree over conditions at Georgia’s troubled Fulton County Jail
The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary.
Fulton County enters into federal consent decree to improve jail conditions
Fulton County's troubled jail is going under federal oversight for the second time in 20 years. Why it matters: The legally binding consent decree will address the jail's deadly, unsanitary and unconstitutional conditions that U.
Departamento de Justicia presenta proyecto de decreto de consentimiento sobre las condiciones en la cárcel de Fulton, Georgia
Por Ray Sanchez, Tierney Sneed y Jason Morris, CNN El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos llegó a un acuerdo ejecutable judicialmente con el condado de Fulton, en Georgia, sobre las condiciones
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