Just one day after an employee of the Fulton County Jail expressed concerns about safety, sources tell FOX 5 that an inmate grabbed a nurse on the maximum security floor.
A murder defendant lunged at the nurse and grabbed her, sources inside jail told FOX 5's Morse Diggs.
Jail management confirmed that an incident occurred, but said that the inmate did not touch the woman. They said that he got close to the woman, who was startled and began screaming. Officials said that an officer was not in the room with the nurse, but was nearby.
Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts said that he couldn't envision any scenario in which a female employee is left alone with inmates. He said that he is very concerned about the safety of female employees, civilians and officers.
The medical detail deployed at the Fulton jail is handled differently than other jails, Morse reports.
In Cobb and DeKalb counties, nurses are not put in an open area where there can be dozens of inmates at a time. Jail officials in those counties said that medications are dispensed through a narrow door slot and that officers accompany nurses at all times.
Pitts said that he would like to see changes in how Fulton deploys its female staff.
"It needs to be corrected and it needs to be corrected immediately," Pitts said.
Fulton County Jail officials said no charges have been filed in the incident on Friday, but said it is under investigation.
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Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
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A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
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Gov. Nathan Deal says he believes in the right of atheist groups to donate literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks just as Bibles are allowed.
Gov. Nathan Deal says he believes in the right of atheist groups to donate literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks just as Bibles are allowed.
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