In July 2023, the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Fulton County, citing violence, filthy living quarters and the in-custody death of a man whose body ...

Fulton County commissioners voted on Wednesday to allocate additional funding to staff Sheriff Patrick Labat’s office, ...

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat issued a statement Monday morning noting that conditions at the Fulton County Jail "continue to deteriorate" following the release of a Justice Department report ...

One year after the Senate Committee on Public Safety chaired by Majority Whip Sen. Randy Robertson (R-Cataula) held a series ...

Fulton County on Wednesday approved additional funding to pay overtime for jailers who work for the Sheriff’s Office and to support efforts to hire and retain them.

While the funding passed, some commissioners took issue with language in the resolution that accuses the sheriff’s office of ...