Special-called meeting to address Fulton jail overcrowding

The Fulton County Commission will hear recommendations from heads of the county's criminal justice system during a special-called meeting Wednesday. In an effort to lower the jail population and come out from under a 2006 federal consent order, the commission has been working with superior and state court judges, the District Attorney's office, the Public Defender's office, the sheriff and other departments.

The meeting starts at 3 p.m. in the 10th-floor conference room of the Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor St., S.W., downtown Atlanta.