Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A legislative audit says the Utah Department of Corrections isn't adequately monitoring prison inmates in county jails.

The audit was released Wednesday. It says a lack of oversight is putting the public at risk for an inmate escape.

 

The state sends some of its inmates to county jails because there is not enough room at the state prison. But the audit says the corrections department has failed to ensure security problems at some jails are being corrected.

In Sept. 2007, a pair of convicted killers escaped from the Daggett County Jail and were on the run for six days before being caught in Wyoming. A month later another state inmate escaped from a jail in Beaver County. He was caught about five hours later.

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utocoman Aug 27 2008 18:02:23
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Seems unfair?

The County takes the $$$ for housing the inmates.

They make the decision as to who comes to their jail, possess all the records/history available to make that call, are in total 100% control of their facility as to how high the fences are, how many officers are on duty, who and how many inmates are allowed out of the cell at a time, what policies regulate the facility, etc.

The main responsibility for an escape always rests on the officers in charge at the time and how aware they were of the inmates activities. They screwed the pooch on this one and hopefully are disciplined or fired!
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