ATLANTA β The Fulton County Jail needs a new building and more staff, shortcomings that could be solved with more funding, the chief counsel to the Fulton Sheriffβs Department told state lawmakers Thursday.
Overcrowding at the main Rice Street lockup has led to violence, including 293 stabbings this year, 922 inmate assaults of other inmates, 68 attacks by inmates on staff, and 10 deaths, two of which were homicides, Amelia Joyner testified during the first meeting of a state Senate subcommittee formed to look into problems at the Fulton jail.
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