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Latreece Williams hasn’t had a good night’s sleep at her home in Perkerson Park in over a month. Not since her son Dewayne ...
Several commissioners agreed that the jail is in crisis. But that did not solve the dispute over if the Sheriff’s Office should have to provide quarterly staff reports.
Two Fulton County commissioners are challenging longtime Chairman Robb Pitts in 2026, claiming he's "out of touch" with what ...
The inmates' deaths came months after the Department of Justice released a report finding that violence and filthy conditions violated inmates' rights.
More money is needed. Fewer arrests for low-level crimes would help. CEO search is on. The OK County jail trust manages without leaders at the top.
Black clergy members toured the Oklahoma County Detention Center and called the conditions "inhumane." Rev. Derrick Scobey, a member of the county Criminal Justice Authority, advocated for a ...
The potential 12.5% increase centers around the Fulton County Jail, and a plan to address problems that have long plagued it.
The Criminal Justice Authority, responsible for running the deadly county jail, has no permanent chairman since Joe Allbaugh resigned last month.