Some security officers at a jail in Atlanta that is under federal investigation walked off the job after the Fulton County sheriff’s office failed to pay money owed to the third-party contractor that employs them.
August 30, 2024 at 10:32 AMFILE - The Fulton County Jail is shown, April 11, 2023, in Atlanta. – Some security officers at a jail in Atlanta that is under federal investigation walked off the job after the Fulton County sheriff's office failed to pay money owed to the third-party contractor that employs them, the sheriff's office said.
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that it is facing “a significant budget crisis” and owed an outstanding balance of more than $1 million to Strategic Security Corp. The company notified its employees Thursday afternoon that the contract had ended, that they would be clocked out at 2:15 p.m. and that they should not report to work at the jail going forward.
Sheriff Pat Labat said that nearly 50 of the contract security officers came to the jail Thursday evening and were given conditional offers of employment and some were able to work immediately after completing paperwork. The sheriff's office did not immediately respond Friday to an email asking how many security officers were working at the jail under the contract.into jail conditions in the county, citing violence and filthy conditions.
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