Man killed by cellmate should not have been in Fulton jail
In 2014, DeMontae Ware was strangled by his cellmate in the Fulton County jail.
Although violence among inmates is not unheard of, Ware’s death is striking because he should have been released months before he was killed.
So why did Ware remain in jail?
At the time of Ware’s death, the Fulton County jail was under a decade-long consent order. It was overcrowded and understaffed, and with faulty locks on the jail’s cells, inmates could wander unimpeded.
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About the Author
Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
