A DeKalb County sheriff's lieutenant has been indicted on federal charges that he goaded a county jailer into using excessive force against an inmate, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced Monday.

At 4:10 p.m., Collins comes out of his cell. Twenty minutes later, he falls by the phone on the wall and hits his head. Several inmates checked on him and brought him into cell 206 a minute later.

dekalb county, ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate after two DeKalb County jail inmates were found dead within 24 hours of each other.

In the other incident, Fulton County jail staffers found a 24-year-old male inmate unresponsive just before 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Rice Street facility in northwest Atlanta.

DEKALB COUNTy, Ga. — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said two inmates have died by apparent suicide at the DeKalb County Jail this week in unrelated incidents. The Sheriff’s Office said ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — In the last two months, three inmates have died in the DeKalb County Jail. Earlier this week, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office announced Charles Robert Smith, 31 ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office has created a plan of action to manage an increase in COVID-19 cases among inmates at the county's Jail. Currently, the sheriff says that ...

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said two inmates have died by apparent suicide at the DeKalb County Jail this week in unrelated incidents. The Sheriff’s Office said Michael Assevero, 65 ...