JAIL EXPANSION IS A SCAM

JAIL BROKE ATLANTA, AND MORE JAILs WON’T PUT IT BACK TOGETHER

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Sticker that reads “Jail growth is a scam” placed on top of Fulton County Georgia sheriff Patrick Labat

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We need more than a “Quick Fix”

Fulton County Jail has been overcrowded for decades and has leased many facilities trying to solve this problem. This hasn’t worked because they refuse to address why the jail is overcrowded in the first place.

Fulton County can solve the overcrowding crisis right now

Fulton County can solve the overcrowding crisis right now by releasing the hundreds of people who are too poor to afford bail, diverting people with unmet mental health needs, and by resolving the cases of people who are sitting in cells waiting for a court date but have not been convicted of a crime.

Atlanta is undermining previous criminal legal reforms

The city of Atlanta is undermining its previous criminal legal reforms by rushing into a deal with Fulton County despite lacking real data on who is in the Fulton County jail now and why it is overcrowded.

Atlanta promised to make the city jail a community center

Atlanta promised in 2019 to convert the city jail into a community resource center–instead, they’re breaking that promise and trying to expand the jail.