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Fulton County is proposing to buy the Atlanta City Detention Center to ease overcrowding at Rice Street. Back in 2022, C
Canopy AtlantaAugust 17, 2026

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Fulton County is proposing to buy the Atlanta City Detention Center to ease overcrowding at Rice Street.

Back in 2022, Canopy Atlanta reported on this same building, and the community groups who had a very different plan for it: a resource center designed to help people avoid incarceration in the first place. That vision didn't go away. The question is whether it still has a chance. ✍️ Emanuella Grinberg and Nile Kendall 📷 Rita Harper Read it at the link in bio.
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