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Fulton County Jail is a county jail located in Fulton County, Georgia. Rated capacity: 2,500. Reported population: 2,548. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now houses over 3,000. The US Department of Justice found in 2024 that conditions in the jail were unconstitutionally "inhumane, violent and hazardous". Fulton County jail holds both people in pre-trial detention and people who have been convicted and sentenced. The prison is administered by Fulton County.
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Capacity
2,500
Current population
2,548
Occupancy
102%
Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
Georgia
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
minimum remedial measures that we believe may remedy those alleged conditions. believe that conditions in the Fulton County Jail violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments the Fulton County Jail from violence and harm by other incarcerated people in violation of the violation ofthe Fourteenth Amendment. We find that the living conditions in the Fulton County Moreover, we find that restrictive housing conditions in the Jail pose a substantial risk of measures that we believe may remedy the alleged conditions. letter to correct the alleged conditions we have identified.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
letter to correct the alleged conditions we have identified. 42 U.S.C. § 1997b(a)(l).
Practical info
of the United State Constitution, the ADA, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, further find that inadequate medical and mental health care in the Fulton County Jail exposes against people with mental health disabilities in violation ofthe ADA, and that the Jail does not Amendment. Finally, we find that the Jail fails to provide special education services to 17-year working with Fulton County and the Fulton County Sheriffs Office to address the violations of
Known issues
[doj-cripa 2024-01-01 — Fulton County Jail (Georgia)] findings report details the supporting facts giving rise to those violations and the believe that conditions in the Fulton County Jail violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United State Constitution, the ADA, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482. These violations are pursuant to a pattern or practice of resistance to that Fulton County and the Fulton County Sheriff's Office fail to protect people incarcerated at the Fulton County Jail from violence and harm by other incarcerated people in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. We also find that Fulton County Jail deputies and violation ofthe Fourteenth Amendment.
Notable inmates
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Documented human-rights cases
- Fulton County Jail (Georgia)2024-01-01 · Eighth Amendment / Fourteenth Amendment (US Constitution) â CRIPA · violation
Named subject of CRIPA investigation
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Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
10/100
Low concern10/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 102% of design capacity
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 102% · peers avg: 93% (+10%)
Capacity (beds)this: 2500 · peers avg: 547 (+357%)
Data completeness
92%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Georgia Department of Corrections â Locations — State of Georgia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q121833098)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Fulton County Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fulton-county-jail
Chicago
"Fulton County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fulton-county-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fulton-county-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fulton County Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fulton-county-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}