ATLANTA, GA — Local advocates are demanding the city of Atlanta draw up a plan to move out Fulton County inmates being housed at the city’s detention center.
A 2022 agreement between the city and county expires next November and community organizer Devin Barrington-Ward says eventually they want the whole facility turned into a community center.
The advocates don’t want the jail to become a place to move people ahead of the World Cup.
“Invest in people! Not jail cells,” says Barrington-Ward.
The city initially agreed to allow Fulton County to house 700 inmates in the facility to alleviate overcrowding at the troubled Rice Street Jail.