ATLANTA - The Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee will take up legislation Monday that could move forward the process of ending Fulton County’s use of the Atlanta City Detention Center.

The committee, chaired by Council member Andrea L. Boone, is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Aug. 25 in the council chamber at city hall.

What we know:

Resolution 25-R-3289, authored by Council members Antonio Lewis, Liliana Bakhtiari and Jason Dozier, reportedly calls for beginning the planned staged withdrawal of detainees currently held at the detention center under the custody of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

Fulton County began housing some of its inmates, charged with state offenses, at the Atlanta Detention Center in 2022. Before that, inmates would be sent

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