Lock ’em up and throw away the key…
And we’re supposed to feel sorry for the “devastated” bailiff?
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A woman being held as an illegal immigrant spent four days forgotten in an isolated holding cell at a courthouse with no food, water, or toilet, authorities and the woman said.
Adriana Torres-Flores, 38, appeared in court Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of selling pirated CDs, but a judge ordered her held because she is in the country illegally, Sheriff Tim Helder said.
Bailiff Jarrod Hankins put her in the cell to await transport to jail, and she was forgotten. Because of heavy snow, few staff members were in the courthouse to hear her cries and pounding later Thursday or on Friday and through the weekend.
Torres-Flores wasn’t found until Monday morning when Hankins opened the door. She was treated at a hospital and allowed to go home.
The sheriff said Hankins, a bailiff for two months, simply forgot about Torres-Flores.
“He’s a broken man right now,” Helder said….
“Two months after the Bush administration expanded a program to haul undocumented residents off to jail instead of shipping them home, the U.S. Marshal Service is overwhelmed.
The 600 marshals stationed on the border with Mexico are dealing with as many as 6,000 new defendants a month. That’s taking them That’s taking them away from other tasks such as capturing escaped prisoners and rounding up sex offenders, according to Justice Department documents obtained by Bloomberg News.”
NOTE TO HOMELAND SECURITY: This is not a criticism of ICE, or federal immigration policy. I would never think of saying anything negative. Maybe Jerrod Hankins — once he’s feeling better — could come down and help the Marshals.
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My ex who was not a sex-offender, murderer or rapist was given 20 years for being illegal. They did not deport him, we are going to pay for him to rot in a prison somewhere. He will not be able to help with his kids, or his family. 20 years is a bit much.