Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and criminal justice advocates are calling for Sheriff Patrick Labat’s new misdemeanor jail booking policy to take effect sooner than July 1. The change, they said, is needed to address overcrowding at the Rice Street jail and prevent vulnerable people from unnecessarily entering the system. An additional factor is […]
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‘He went into custody with his legs and fingers’: Attorneys question jail care
Images showing extreme discoloration on Rashaad Muhammad’s limbs illustrate a disturbing story of what the former Fulton County inmate says he endured before his legs and fingers were amputated due to sepsis in his body. Muhammad says pleas for antibiotics in his vehicle were ignored by an arresting officer when he was taken into custody […]
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Fulton Reparations Task Force quantifies harm tied to county’s role in slavery, Jim Crow
How do you measure the impact of a wound so deep and gaping that it still reverberates today? A wound of that magnitude denotes harm. The Fulton County Reparations Task Force drew on an abundance of documents and data to “quantify harm” against Black people during slavery and the Jim Crow era. The result: a […]
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Fulton County awards $2.3 million in funding for artists and art nonprofits
The Contracts for Service program supports arts and culture activities that provide opportunities for life-long learning and participation in the arts. By Allison Joyner Last month, the Fulton County Arts and Culture Department announced they distributed $2.3 million to individual artists, art programs and art-related organizations through its Contracts for Service program (CFS). The department […]
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Fulton Development Authority gains support for self-reforms and a new member
The scandal-plagued Development Authority of Fulton County board gained much support for its self-reforms — and a new member, the mayor of Johns Creek — from county commissioners July 14, while two proposed new regulations of its work were tabled. Commissioner Lee Morris, who proposed those regulations and has called for the end of the […]
