Republican state lawmakers are considering a bill that would force the city to let the county takeover more space at its jail at minimal cost.

Georgia’s state House wants to spend more on Hurricane Helene relief and is cutting some of Gov. Brian Kemp’s prison and ...

A new proposal to force the city of Atlanta's detention center to house inmates at the Fulton County Jail has been advanced by Republican senators. Dozens of people have died in custody at the ...

ATLANTA — Republicans in a Georgia Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would force the city of Atlanta to allow the Fulton County sheriff to use the city jail for no more than the ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s state House wants to ... areas to boost spending on their own priorities. Kemp wants four new modular prisons, but the House wants to save $47 million in spending by ...

ATLANTA — Republicans in a Georgia Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would force the city of Atlanta to allow the Fulton County sheriff to use the city jail for no more than the ...

Fulton County commissioners have long wanted to acquire Atlanta's city-owned jail, a controversial idea they say could ease overcrowding and allow the separation of detainees based on how ...