A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county. The Thursday announcement comes three months after the U.S. Justice Department launched its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions. Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman John Albers says he will appoint a subcommittee with hearings to begin in November. Fulton County’s main jail has been plagued by overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and violence. Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat has campaigned to build a new jail, which could cost $1.7 billion or more. It’s not clear what state-level remedies lawmakers could come up with.
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In recent months, Labat has campaigned to build a new jail, which could cost $1.7 billion or more. Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts has said he wants to seek other solutions, in part because such an expensive undertaking would probably require a tax increase on Fulton County’s million-plus residents.
Such a move would be expensive and leave inmates far from families and lawyers. Pitts wants to house more inmates in empty portions of Atlanta’s city jail, but the Fulton County sheriff has to provide the jailers and Labat says he doesn’t have the staff.
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