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George Chidi in Atlanta

Killings, stabbings, drugs: DoJ report paints damning picture of Atlanta jail

parking lot in front of large, tan building
The Fulton county jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on 11 April 2023. Photograph: Kate Brumback/AP

Conditions in the Fulton county jail in Atlanta “violate the constitutional and statutory rights of people incarcerated”, a long-running federal investigation concluded on Thursday.

“Killings, stabbings, and assaults are common in the Jail,” according to a Department of Justice report. Contraband is pervasive, lethal violence goes uninvestigated – and is sometimes directly abetted by jail staff – and drug use is common, according to investigators in a 91-page report on Thursday.

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