Add It Up: Fulton Sheriff’s headaches
January 19, 2009 at 6:12 pm by Scott Henry in NewsAmount for which the Fulton sheriff’s office is being sued for sexual harassment: $8 million
Number of weeks newly elected Sheriff Ted Jackson was in office before the harassment lawsuit was filed: 1
Number of weeks previous Sheriff Myron Freeman had been in office before the Brian Nichols courthouse killings: 9
Number of years the Fulton sheriff’s office has been under federal court order to clean up the jail: 2
Cost, in millions of dollars, of the court-ordered renovation project at the Fulton County jail: 60
Age, in years, of Fulton County jail: 20
Maximum number of prisoners allowed in Fulton jail under federal court order: 2,250
Minimum number of prisoners housed in Fulton jail before the court order: 3,000
Estimated number of pounds of jail documents shredded in 2007 after a federal judge expressed doubt over veracity of information from sheriff’s office: 15












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