ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/Decaturish) — The DeKalb County Commission, at its Nov. 18 meeting, approved $4.5 million for repairs at the county jail. During the Finance, Audit and Budget ...

An inmate was killed after he was in the jail for roughly one day and had been granted bond, records show. GBI investigators said 5 inmates attacked him in one of the cells.

Melayna Whatley and Gabriela Ortis face federal charges accusing them of helping three inmates escape the DeKalb County Jail in December 2025.

David Addo-Wright​'s family says the Covington man had posted bail and was set to get out of the DeKalb County Jail when the deadly attack happened.

Atlanta police investigate an early morning shooting that occurred around 3:00 AM outside the AC Hotel in downtown Atlanta. A woman is in custody after allegedly shooting her husband in the abdomen ...

David Addo-Wright died on Sept. 23. The sheriff’s office says they found the 24-year-old unresponsive in his cell with “several wounds.” He was pronounced dead at the hospital. His family says he was ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Authorities are investigating the death of a 26-year-old ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Jail officials and the medical examiner are investigating the death of a 73-year-old man who suffered a sudden medical emergency inside the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur on Friday ...