Graduation Day at Atlanta's Jail Marks a New Chapter for Women in Recovery
Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Inside the Atlanta City Detention Center, some incarcerated women are finding their voices and building community through a program aimed at helping them not come back.
More than a dozen women wearing different colored caps and gowns over their jail uniforms and orange slides celebrated the end of the four-month program called New Beginnings on Tuesday. It addresses substance use, mental health and other barriers to reentry.
The participants are under the custody of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office but held in Atlanta’s jail due to a settlement agreement related to the care that women with serious mental illness receive.
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