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Residents and judges press Clayton County commissioners for forensic audit, raise jail-safety concerns
Summary
Multiple residents, a judge and civic groups urged the Clayton County Board of Commissioners to order a forensic audit of the sheriff’s office and demanded transparency after public reports and walkthroughs alleging dangerous jail conditions and questionable spending.
A string of public commenters told the Clayton County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 that the county’s jail requires urgent scrutiny and that alleged financial mismanagement by the sheriff’s office demands a forensic audit.
Judge Shalanda Jones Parker, speaking during public comment, framed part of the night’s debate as a governance question about the independence and stability of the county’s courts, saying the proposal under discussion could threaten that independence. "I appear before you to address a matter of institutional structure... whether state court judges' salary should remain legislatively coupled to superior court judges' salaries," she said, urging preservation of the existing…
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