A press conference was held Friday morning.
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: The press conference has concluded. It is available to be re-watched in the video player above this story.
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It’s being held at 8 a.m. State Sens. John Albers (R-Roswell), chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, and Senate Majority Whip Randy Robertson (R-Cataula) will address reporters at the press conference.
The subcommittee first met back in November 2023, and has held several hearings throughout the last year on deteriorating conditions at the jail facility.
The jail has dealt with issues including overcrowding, crumbling infrastructure and the deaths of more than two dozen inmates either at the jail or after having a medical emergency at the jail in the last two years. A U.S. Department of Justice investigation was also launched into the facility last year, the results of which have yet to be announced.
Fulton …