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| Scam let Deputies fake cell checks |
| Sheriff's officials in Los Angeles County are calling it "scannergate", a scandal at the L.A. County Jail brought to light by an inmate's suicide. A group of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies used fake scanner codes to avoid making their appointed rounds at the Men's Central jail to check on inmate welfare and security. To ensure that regular checks occur, the department installed electronic checkpoints with bar codes around the jail that deputies must scan with a reader on their rounds. But investigators found some deputies had copies of the codes on sheets of paper. Instead of doing the rounds, the deputies scanned the codes at their desks instead. The scanner scam was uncovered after an inmate at Mens Central jail in downtown Los Angeles committed suicide in his cell in March. It was revealed that the inmate had been dead for hours before his body was found by deputies. This issue is huge for the city of L.A. for many reasons, not least of which is the lawsuits that have to be paid for (and damages awarded to the family) out of city financial coffers. So to those who are considering leaving your loved ones in custody, you may want to give that a second thought, as this is another example of just how broken our jail system is. If your looking for any bail bond information, please give me a call here at Dan's Bail Bonds. I'll take good care of you. |
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Posted By Dan Nesser on July 27, 2010 04:57 pm | Permalink  |
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