Republican lawmakers own part of company given no-bid contracts in Fulton County: report

A company that won a multi-million dollar contract for work in a troubled Atlanta jail has several legislators listed as having ownership stakes, according to a report.

The contract with between technology company Talitrix and the Fulton County Sheriff's office was to provide health monitoring wristbands to inmates at the Rice Street jail. It was revoked over concerns about its ownership, and over the fact that only 15 wristbands were actually in use six months after the contract was awarded, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.