Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced Thursday that a Senate Public Safety Subcommittee will hold its first meeting on Nov. 2 to discuss a Fulton County Jail beleaguered by overcrowding, inmate deaths, and violence. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder
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