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Department of Justice Fulton County Jail investigation

Inmates at Georgia jail subjected to ‘dangerous and dehumanizing’ conditions, feds say

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced that conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail violate the Constitution.

ABC · 1d

Jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton County violated constitutional rights of inmates: DOJ report

"Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence, including homicides and stabbings by other incarcerated people," a report released by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said.

YAHOO!News · 1d

Department of Justice Fulton County Jail investigation: Rights of inmates violated

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - The United States Department of Justice has issued its report after opening a civil investigation into the conditions at the Fulton County Jail. They announced the disturbing results of that investigation at a press conference early Thursday afternoon.

DOJ opens civil rights probe of Illinois sheriff's office

CBS Chicago on MSN · 11h

Justice Department demands records from Illinois sheriff after killing of Sonya Massey

The government made a list of demands in dozens of categories in a letter Thursday to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office.

USA Today · 1d

DOJ opens civil rights probe of Illinois sheriff's office after death of Sonya Massey

The fatal shooting earlier this year of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, sparked national outcry over police violence.

CNN · 20h

DOJ opens civil rights investigation of Illinois sheriff’s office after shooting of Sonya Massey

The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her call about a possible prowler outside the 36-year-old Black woman’s home.

The Associated Press on MSN12d

Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice ...

FOX 5 Atlanta on MSN2d

WATCH: Press conference happening for major civil rights announcement in Fulton County

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K.

US Justice Department finds rights violated at Atlanta jail

The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where a mentally ill man infested with lice died in 2022 from neglect, systematically ...

DOJ settles with Providence over civil rights violations at Newcomer Academy

The Providence public school district has agreed to settle a case with the US Department of Justice regarding the Newcomer ...

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