Fulton County Jail Misdemeanor Policy: Sheriff Blocks Low-Level Bookings

Fulton County jail misdemeanor policy: Sheriff blocks low-level bookings

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is changing its booking policy to block low-level misdemeanor offenders from entering the main jail facility.

Pitts, advocates push for misdemeanor jail policy before World Cup

Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and criminal justice advocates are calling for Sheriff Patrick Labat’s new misdemeanor jail booking policy to take effect sooner than July 1. The change, they said, is needed to address overcrowding at the Rice Street jail and prevent vulnerable people from unnecessarily entering the system. An additional factor is that the World Cup arrives in Atlanta on June 11. A Thursday press conference at the Fu…