The staffing crisis in Fulton County’s jail system is so bad that unsupervised detainees armed with makeshift weapons would immediately tear apart any new facility, according to a scathing new report.

Monitors toured the county’s jail facilities in May under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve substandard conditions. What they found is revealed in a report filed in federal court by the lead monitor, Kathleen Kenney, on Thursday.

Kenney said the largest takeaway from her team’s visit was chronic understaffing of Fulton jail operations, creating serious safety risks for the residents and employees. She said the staffing problem will obstruct every facet of the county’s compliance with the DOJ agreement.

A spokesperson for Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat sai

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