Atlanta mayor reduces asking price for city jail, but there’s a catch

Mayor Andre Dickens has reduced his asking price for the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, but only if Fulton County pitches in $200 million for a new hospital on the Southside and agrees to several other stipulations.

Monday’s counteroffer marks the latest in a public letter-writing campaign between the city and the County Commission over the future of the city’s detention center — and an important negotiation as the county looks for solutions to help with its billion-dollar refurbishment of the Fulton County jail on Rice Street.

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