FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Four inmates were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital after being stabbed in separate incidents at the Fulton County Jail over a 48-hour period ending on Friday, officials confirmed.

It follows yet another stabbing on Wednesday, when inmate Kelvin Watts was rushed to the hospital after being stabbed multiple times. He remains hospitalized.

The backstory:

Sheriff Patrick Labat says this crisis is not new, and that county leaders have failed to act.

"We need immediate relief. I've said that since January 1 of 2021, when I took office. I said that in the beginning of my second term, and I will continue to say that we need action now," Labat told FOX 5's Aungelique Proctor in a sit down interview on Wednesday .

The sheriff has repeatedly blamed deteriorating condit

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