The settlement stems from 2014, when a database the jail uses to vet inmates before their release was offline for several days and jail staff were unable to check for outstanding warrants or holds and kept the class members locked up.
December 09, 2021 at 01:01 PM
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Fulton County has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims that it held hundreds of inmates at the county jail for as long as five days beyond their scheduled release dates, when a statewide criminal database went offline in 2014 and jail staff couldn’t review their records.
The proposed settlement filed in federal court in Atlanta Thursday includes $800,000 in attorney fees and is expected to pay each of the 313 class members between $1.000 and $4,000 apiece, if approved by the judge.
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