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U.S. Justice Department officials said jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the constitutional rights of people in their custody by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force and holding them in filthy and unsafe conditions.
The trial for rapper Young Thug and five other people is on pause until early next year after one of the defendants was stabbed in the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.
Authorities say one of the five co-defendants on trial with rapper Young Thug has been stabbed at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, delaying the proceedings for at least a day.
A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county.
Authorities said five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute between men held at a jail in Atlanta that is already under federal investigation.
The only person who spent time behind bars as a result of the indictment related to efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia has been released from jail.
The mugshot seen around the world has given Donald Trump his largest single-day fundraising paycheck yet, according to his campaign.
A Donald Trump supporter who surrendered to Georgia authorities on charges he conspired with the former president and other allies to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss is also facing federal charges that he assaulted an FBI agent in Maryland.
Dozens of Trump supporters have spent the day outside the jail in Atlanta where former President Donald Trump turned himself in on charges related to his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss.
The jail in Georgia where former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender on Thursday is plagued with violence and other problems.
