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Calif. Parole Bungled Jaycee Case

Watchdog says Dugard could've been found long ago

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 4, 2009 3:58 PM CST

(Newser) – Jaycee Lee Dugard could have been found and Phillip Garrido put behind bars much sooner if California parole officials had done their jobs properly, a report by a state prison monitor says. For starters, authorities did nothing when Garrido’s electronic monitor showed he’d traveled further from his home than permitted. Because of his violent history, Garrido should’ve received attention from officials, says Inspector General David Shaw’s report.

Instead, parole agents seemed to go out of their way to ignore red flags. Officers didn’t explore utility wires or other physical clues to the backyard compound where he was keeping Dugard and her daughters captive, even after one agent encountered a young girl at the house on a routine visit, the LA Times reports.

Phillip Garrido is seen with his attorney, Susan Gellman, during a court appearance at the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
Phillip Garrido is seen with his attorney, Susan Gellman, during a court appearance at the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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divetrader
Nov 5, 2009 12:36 PM CST
Not sure of the statistics involved here, but take all pot smokers that ever were convicted of just that out of the penal system. Delete their files and focus parole officials specifically on sexual predators. Is it possible this could lighten their load?
TiredMemeCat
Nov 5, 2009 2:46 AM CST
Not one story on Newser about the secret ACTA treaty that will take away our rights. That's not an accident, folks.
TiredMemeCat
Nov 5, 2009 2:41 AM CST
This is what you get with a for-profit Prison-Industrial complex: not enough parole officers. Ironically, bible-thumping law-and-order types also don't want to pay taxes to support parole officers - most of them who have to look over minorities convicted for chickensh*t marijuana busts. Brilliant.

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