Atlanta, GA
Fulton County female detainees finish transfer to Atlanta facility
Fulton County Jail (FOX 5)
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Based on the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace, the current transfers of all feminine detainees beforehand housed on the Union Metropolis South Annex has formally been accomplished. The ladies had been moved to the Atlanta Metropolis Detention Middle (ACDC) as a part of the Intergovernmental Settlement between the Metropolis of Atlanta and Fulton County.
This switch of 350 is only one step in a bigger initiative to “relieve power overcrowding”.
Male inmates are anticipated to start a switch from the 901 Rice Road location the place officers say overcrowding can be a difficulty.
Officers say the South Annex may now be used for psychological well being and K-9 operations. Solely time will inform what the way forward for all these amenities might maintain.