A federal judge granted class certification to about 300 former Fulton County Jail inmates who were kept behind bars longer than they should have under a policy that halted releases whenever the state’s criminal database broke down.
The order issued Friday by Judge Michael Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia said some inmates stayed in jail for up to five days after they posted bond or should have otherwise been freed. The inmates were held after the Georgia Crime Information System went down for about 10 days in 2014.
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