“By God, Alpharetta does things well,” Gilvin said. “While I’m sorry we are having to incur costs, I know damn well Alpharetta is going to run that jail better than it’s been run in the last 20 years. That is what our people deserve.”

Avoiding Rice Street jail

Department of Justice investigators began looking into the county’s Atlanta jail after the death of Lashawn Thompson, who was arrested on a simple battery charge and accused of spitting on a Georgia Tech police officer.

The federal department found Thompson was malnourished, infested with “an enormous presence of body lice” and “neglected to death” when he was found deceased in his “filthy cell.” It also highlighted a pattern of violence that included more than 300 stabbings there in 2023 on top of homicides and sexual violence.

Jesus fucking Christ. I’d want to keep my constituents out of that jail too.