A state Senate committee begins an investigation of the Fulton County jail
The AJC’s Patricia Murphy, Tia Mitchell, and Bill Nigut look at news stories that are in the headlines right now:
Ten people – so far – have died this year while in custody in Fulton County in just the past nine months alone. The jail is drastically overcrowded and many areas of the building are actually crumbling. This week, Lt. Governor Burt Jones and state Senator John Albers announced that a senate subcommittee will begin an investigation of conditions at the jail with hopes of finding remedies to some of the problems. AJC reporter Maya Prabhu joins the conversation on the jail.
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