LA County Jail Opponents Say Adding Beds Won’t Help Mentally Ill Inmates

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    LA County Jail Opponents Say Adding Beds Won’t Help Mentally Ill Inmates

LA County Jail Opponents Say Adding Beds Won’t Help Mentally Ill Inmates

Although the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is considering a plan to expand the county's jail system, some have called the idea of adding more beds misguided at best.

A growing portion of the inmate population is mentally ill, they said, and the greater focus should be on treatment, not detention.

Sure, spending the money would allow more people to be locked up, but the ACLU says it will do nothing in terms of enhancing public safety.
The last fix didn't work
Approximately two decades ago, when the Twin Towers Correctional Facility was still in its conceptual phase, construction proponents said a …

By |May 5th, 2014|Los Angeles Bail Bonds|Comments Off on LA County Jail Opponents Say Adding Beds Won’t Help Mentally Ill Inmates
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Two San Joaquin County Jail Inmates Escape In Two Days

A spokesperson for the San Joaquin County Jail Honor Farm has confirmed that two inmates have escaped in as many days.

It all started last weekend when inmate Melvin Rasberry managed to escape the French Camp Jail.  Corrections officials said they counted him in the morning, but when they did rounds later that night, he was nowhere to be found.

A second inmate escaped the following day.

Representatives from the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department said they searched the area extensively, but turned up empty handed.

The first inmate is reportedly a "known associate" of Matthew Cook, otherwise known as escapee number two. …

By |May 4th, 2014|San Joaquin County|Comments Off on Two San Joaquin County Jail Inmates Escape In Two Days
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Man Who Sold Pot Brownies To School Kids Gets 3-Years

A Costa Mesa man who sold pot brownies to a local teenager has pled guilty to one count of selling marijuana to a minor and one count of furnishing marijuana to a minor.

The judge has sentenced him to 36 months behind bars.

Costa Mesa Police Department officers said all started last year after seven elementary school students became sick after unknowingly consuming some of the pot-laced treats.

A 12 year-old student had brought the brownie onto campus, according to police reports, and classmate shared it with the other students.  Six boys and one girl needed to be hospitalized as a result.

One …

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Inmate Says He Busted Out Of Jail Due To Loud Rap Music

Don't commit the crime if you can't do the time
An inmate who was serving a six and a half year sentence at a minimum security prison in the UK said "enough was enough", and that the constant playing of loud hip-hop music led is what prompted his jailbreak.

The music was driving him nuts, he said, and he was tired about being hounded by other inmates to buy drugs.

And eventually, when it got to the point that he was on his last very nerve, he decided to climb over a security wall and make a run for it.

Robert Stevens remained …

By |May 1st, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Inmate Says He Busted Out Of Jail Due To Loud Rap Music
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Identity Crisis: Being Arrested for Failure to Identify

The issue of failing to identify yourself properly to police officers has recently blown up in the news after a YouTube video was posted showing a young woman in Austin, Texas being detained by two officers who had been handing out jaywalking tickets in the area.

There was such a commotion during the incident, with the girl screaming and crying to passersby, that it has gained national attention.

Witnesses, including the man who shot the video of the incident, said that the girl, 24-year-old Amanda Jo Stephen, had been jogging across the street while wearing headphones.

The police began to run after …

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    Detectives Work Together to Solve String of Multiple Homicides

Detectives Work Together to Solve String of Multiple Homicides

A small team of Anaheim Police detectives quickly grew to 75 during a four-week homicide investigation involving at least five women. Detective Julissa Trapp led the investigation.

When the body of Jarrae Estepp was discovered on a recycling conveyor belt at the dump, detectives had virtually no evidence to go on.

From the time a person is killed, detectives know that they only have about 48 hours to solve the crime or else the chances of doing so are cut in half. With this victim, 14 hours had already passed by the time she was found.

Trapp has been a homicide detective …

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Dollars, Cents & Public Safety

Bail Reform: Are the Talked About Costs Misleading?
Jails throughout the country are detaining more and more inmates and county governments are feeling an increased pinch when it comes to housing costs.

On one hand, the logic behind releasing inmates through pretrial services has some merit (on the surface, at least, but we'll get to that in a moment).

If the jails can identify low-level offenders that do not pose a risk to public safety, who haven't hired a bondsman, one might think there's a fiscal benefit in terms of letting them out on their own.

Not only would this save taxpayers a …

By |April 28th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Dollars, Cents & Public Safety
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Backlash for NYPD Twitter Campaign Spreads to LAPD

According to a recent report, an attempt to show more positive interaction between the NYPD and members of the community has suffered some serious backlash.

The department launched a twitter campaign encouraging citizens to share photos of themselves with members of the NYPD and using the hashtag #myNYPD on the social network.

Instead, what the city got was a lot of negative images of police officers wielding batons and arresting protestors. This including one of an 84-year old man allegedly beaten for jaywalking.

A lot of the images were from incidents in the past; none too recent. This attempt to rebrand the …

By |April 27th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Backlash for NYPD Twitter Campaign Spreads to LAPD
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    Federal Investigation Finds OC Jail Conditions Are Greatly Improved

Federal Investigation Finds OC Jail Conditions Are Greatly Improved

Medical care is better, use of force against inmates is way down
Just six years ago, it was determined that federal oversight was needed for the Orange County jails.  But a recent report indicates that time may soon be coming to an end.

The jails of today are much different than they jails of the past, according to a statement by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, who further goes on to describe the facilities as "much improved".

A spokesperson from the department said they're pleased with the findings, pointing out the OCSD is a much different organization today …

By |April 24th, 2014|Orange County Bail Bonds|Comments Off on Federal Investigation Finds OC Jail Conditions Are Greatly Improved
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San Diego Jail Escapee Recaptured Near Petco Park

A 21-year old robbery suspect that escaped from the San Diego Central Jail has been recaptured.

Angelo Paschall was taken into custody on Monday afternoon after he store employees at a Burlington Coat Factory caught him shoplifting.  Although he would have faced misdemeanor charges for the offense, he fought back, and the matter was escalated to a felony.

La Mesa Police Department officers arrested Paschall and transported him to the downtown jail to be booked into the system.  The suspect, however, managed to escape the building through an unlocked door.

Local news reports indicated still wearing handcuffs at the time he made …

By |April 23rd, 2014|San Diego Bail Bonds|Comments Off on San Diego Jail Escapee Recaptured Near Petco Park
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