To ease overcrowding at the Rice Street Jail, Fulton County will stop booking people for certain misdemeanor offenses.

Atlanta's Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative says it expects more people to seek services after Fulton County's new ...

With just over two weeks until Atlanta hosts its first FIFA World Cup match, Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat has announced a ...

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat says he will stop accepting people arrested on low-level misdemeanor charges into the ...

Officials in a Georgia county say they will stop booking some people accused of low-level misdemeanor offenses into the ...

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat says most misdemeanor arrestees won’t be booked into the jail. On Tuesday, the sheriff ...

In a shift to curb overcrowding, the Fulton County Jail is locking its gates to the majority of misdemeanor offenders this ...

Fulton County leaders have approved a sweeping $1.3 billion plan to overhaul the troubled Fulton County Jail, marking what officials call a "historic step forward," but the move is already drawing ...

Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts and his former colleague Mo Ivory sparred over how to fix the Rice Street jail in a ...