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How do different facilities supervise mentally ill prisoners?... full thread

With the recent turn of events involving escapes by jail inmates during courtroom appearances, I feel the need to discuss courtroom security. Recently in Florida a murder suspect was in court and bolted right out of the courtroom after receiving help from his girlfriend and three other people. Everyone involved in aiding the escape was arrested and the escapee was recaptured days later. Just one week later at the same courthouse another inmate managed to obtain a Deputy’s handcuff key. After a massive search the key was found in the possession of an 18 year old inmate who was not the original suspect. The original suspect was an inmate in a wheel chair. Incidents of this nature cause great embarrassment to the agency and to the sheriff... .. full story

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• Who should ask ‘What the Hell is in that Cell?’
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