Fulton County Jail
The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now occasionally tops 3,000.The real behind the wall: A look inside the infamous, deadly Fulton County Jail
article in Atlanta magazine, by George Chidi, 15 July 2023

History

A previous Fulton County facility was first constructed in 1904 before the current one was built in 1989 at 901 Rice Street. The third and fourth seasons of the docuseries ''60 Days In'' were set at the Fulton County Jail. In April 2023, the county sheriff, Patrick Labat, fired three jailers after the de ...
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Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.1 million people, making it the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, it features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the most dense urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among several rai ...
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