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Hakes, Town to Newsmax: Garland Must Close Fulton County Jail
By Michael Katz | Monday, 04 September 2023 08:57 PM EDT
Former federal prosecutors Francey Hakes and Jay Town told Newsmax on Monday that Attorney General Merrick Garland should close the Fulton County jail following the fifth death of an inmate there since July 31.
On July 13, the Department of Justice said it was opening an investigation into the facility following allegations an inmate died covered in insects and filth, the jail is structurally unsafe, that prevalent violence has resulted in serious injuries and homicides, and that officers are being prosecuted for using excessive force.
Hakes and Town each said the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment for prisoners, is being violated at the jail.
"This same jail has been under the receivership of a federal judge before in the past, two other times," Hakes, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the northern district of Georgia, told "The Record With Greta Van Susteren." "So, two other times conditions in this jail were such that they violated the Eighth Amendment and a federal judge put himself in charge and mandated changes so that conditions would improve.
"Clearly, it didn't take, or it's just gotten back to being the same old bad place."
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/francey-hakes-jay-town-merrick-garland/2023/09/04/id/1133180/
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