-Caveat Lector- Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001 L.A. Jailed 400,000 Illegally Los Angeles County taxpayers are out $27 million because the county illegally jailed about 400,000 people over five years. County supervisors agreed Tuesday to the payment to settle five class-action lawsuits. The longtime problem of the sheriff's department in keeping prisoners in jail after courts have ordered them released is far greater than previously known, the Los Angeles Times reported today. The department, blaming clerical errors, for years has admitted that it kept hundreds and sometimes thousands of inmates past the date a judge had ordered their release. But it did not mention the thousands of other prisoners routinely held for additional days because of the time it took to process their release, the Times said. The Associated Press said some people were wrongly incarcerated because of erroneous warrants. County attorneys admit that up to half of those held illegally were strip-searched. Despite repeated alarms about the problem since the mid-1990s, a new computer system to connect the jail to the courts is not scheduled to be working until 2003, the Times said. "It's not pleasing for me to stand up in front of the county of Los Angeles and talk about a $27 million settlement in these terms," Sheriff Lee Baca said at a news conference Tuesday night. "My greatest wish is that the sheriff's department would have done the right thing when these claims were coming in and fix it." Police Spokesman: Roger Clinton Rehab Story Vindicates Hermosa Beach PD Fox News Keeps Rising L.A. Jailed 400,000 Illegally <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
