Vehicles are parked outside the Fulton County Jail, April 11, 2023, in Atlanta. ATLANTA — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it will send about $1.4 million in electronic payments to a private security company by the end of the week that pulled its staff from the local jail in Georgia.
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat has come under fire from county officials for failing to address dangerous conditions in the In October 2023, the commission rescinded $2.1 million in funding for Georgia-based jail software company Talitrix, which was supposed to provide 1,000 wristbands and monitoring devices to the jail. Only 15 were in use. Talitrix then sued the sheriff’s office over nonpayment.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts released a statement in August saying that funding for the sheriff’s office and jail increased 66% since 2019, but the sheriff “has consistently failed to demonstrate basic budget management practices.”