United States · GA · Rice Street Nw Atlanta
Fulton County Jail
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County jail in Rice Street Nw Atlanta. Listed on the GDC locations directory.
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
1,125
Current population
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Occupancy
—
Year opened
1989
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
County sheriff's office
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
GA
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Compared to other facilities in United States
3276 peersData completeness
56%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GDC location — Fulton County Jail
- GDC locations directory
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Georgia Department of Corrections — Locations — State of Georgia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.