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Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat (Photo courtesy Fulton County Sheriff s Office)
Fulton Sheriff Pat Labat, who took office in January, is creating the agency’s first-ever LGBTQ liaison and updating its training to better address LGBTQ people detained at the county jail.
But a local LGBTQ activist said Labat is “working against the interests of the LGBTQ community” with a push to buy the Atlanta jail to house Fulton inmates.
Labat ousted incumbent Ted Jackson in the Democratic primary runoff in August. He faced no opposition in the November general election and started recruiting for an LGBTQ liaison soon after taking office.
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Fulton County’s newly elected Sheriff Pat Labat uses Atlanta’s mostly empty jail as overflow for county facilities. He told the city council Thursday, the purchase could help overcrowding at the county jail. The plan appeals to some city council members, but the Atlanta mayor’s office is not convinced.
Sheriff Labat told council members the beleaguered Fulton County jail is over capacity by 13 percent.
“Right now, we have a little over 234 people that are sleeping on what we call ‘boats,’” said Labat, referring to cot-like buckets on the floor.
As former city corrections chief, Labat used to run the city jail he now wants to buy.
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