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Senate Public Safety committee adopts Fulton County jail subcommittee report with 17 recommendations
Summary
The Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee adopted a 17-point subcommittee report addressing operations, oversight and case processing at the Fulton County Jail after debate over one recommendation to transfer the Atlanta Detention Center to the county.
At a meeting of the Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee, members voted to adopt a 17-point report produced by a senate study subcommittee that reviewed operations and outcomes at the Fulton County Jail.
The report, compiled by a subcommittee chaired by state Senator Randy Robertson and presented to the committee by Committee Chair Senator John Albers, recommends changes ranging from local oversight of jail construction spending to improved case tracking, auditing of deaths in custody and creation of an advisory board that would include the sheriff, district attorney and clerk of courts. The committee voted to adopt the report after rejecting an amendment that would have removed a recommendation calling for transfer or long-term lease of the Atlanta Detention Center (ADC) to Fulton County.
Why it matters: Committee members said the recommendations respond to serious problems identified by experts, community witnesses and a U.S. Department of Justice review, including lengthy pretrial stays, operational failures and…
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