Jimmy Higgins
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I can't imagine being in jail and reaching the end of the sentence... and then staying in jail for 90+ more days. But how can we make this worse?
This reminds me of being in a hospital (in the US at least) with a loved one, and it is time to get out... but there is paperwork, maybe shot the patients needs, etc... and while you are ready to leave now, it could be hours.article said:The Justice Department released an investigative report Wednesday revealing that the Louisiana Department of Corrections is keeping over a quarter of its inmates in jail beyond their scheduled release dates, CNN reports. The department alleges that the LDOC has been "deliberately indifferent to the systemic overdetention of people in its custody" since at least 2012.
During its yearlong investigation, the Justice Department found that between Jan. and Apr. 2022, the LDOC held nearly 27 percent of the people scheduled for release beyond their scheduled departure. 24 percent of the nearly 4,100 people affected were held for a minimum of 90 extra days.
I can't imagine being in jail and reaching the end of the sentence... and then staying in jail for 90+ more days. But how can we make this worse?
If I'm reading this right... it isn't because of malice, but because of incompetence. Malice would be awful, but at least one could imagine people just hating criminals and convicts. But for it to be because "DUUUUUHHHHH!" I can't imagine!article said:In a letter to Louisiana's governor attached to the report, the DOJ blames the violations on "systemic deficiencies in LDOC's policies and procedures related to the receipt of sentencing documents, computation of an incarcerated individuals' release dates, and employee training,"