The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office will close the North Jail Annex in Alpharetta by Sept. 1 as it reallocates staff to the main jail.
Alpharetta city leaders plan to take over the jail and reopen it by November, citing the need for a local facility to house inmates and avoid sending them to the overcrowded and understaffed Rice Street Jail.
“I don’t want anyone in our community to ever step foot in Rice Street if they don’t have to,” said Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin…