A record number of inmates are dying in Georgia's five largest county jails, and that Fulton County Jail has led the state in such deaths since 2009.
Overcrowding and understaffing plague the facility, where around half of the more than 3,000 inmates have not been charged with any crime.
It’s an incentive system that encourages risky, even reckless behavior but, insulated from liability, they face little consequence if those plans fail. This explains why private equity firms often have such sorry consequences for everyone except themselves.
“The harsh reality is that, despite the possibility that a rich and powerful man may now be in for his just desserts, our criminal legal system is daily marked by widespread unfairness and a stark racial bias.”
There’s a new demographic wave — a tsunami, really — forming in the not-so-distant future that could finally break the recent pattern of partisan gridlock. The youth cohorts growing up right now are just dramatically different from their predecessors
The study is the latest piece of evidence to demonstrate the depth of New York City’s affordability crisis, which is reshaping local demographics and culture.
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