FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Fulton County Sheriff Patrick "Pat" Labat is criticizing the county commission’s decision to spend $1.2 billion to build a new special purpose facility and renovate the Rice Street Jail, saying the plan ignores urgent problems inside the troubled lockup.

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Labat compared Wednesday’s 4–1 approval vote to "being in a burning building and voting to design a new fire station that will not open for five years." He called the move a political maneuver that defies a federal consent decree and fails to address the jail’s immediate safety concerns.

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Yesterday’s vote by four members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) to spend a billion dollars to build a special purpose facility is the equivalent to being in a burning bu

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