PR03-002

Date:

January 12, 2003

 
Fulton County Jail To Receive National Accreditation
at ACA Conference, Monday
 

The Fulton County Jail will receive national accreditation by the American Correctional Association (ACA) on Monday, January 13, 2002. After exceeding the necessary standards required for accreditation, Sheriff Jacquelyn H. Barrett will be accepting the award at the ACA conference in Charlotte, North Carolina tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.

Last September, a team of assessors from ACA arrived at the Fulton County Jail to begin the task of assessing jail operations for the purpose of accreditation. Upon completion of the assessment, the jail received a passing score of ninety-six (96). Yesterday afternoon, Sheriff Barrett and the accreditation staff attended a hearing in Charlotte to answer a battery of questions from four (4) representatives from the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. The panel unanimously recommended accreditation for the Fulton County Jail at the conclusion of yesterday’s hearing.

Sheriff Barrett will accept the accreditation award tomorrow at an “invitation-only” banquet, which will be held at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jail accreditation is an on-going process and requires annual certification reports to the Commission. The Fulton County Jail will be reaccredited in three years. 

For more information, please contact Sergeant Clarence Huber at (404) 730-4148. Sergeant Huber can also be reached on his digital pager at (404) 742-6798.