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Sandra Hutchens

Supervisors Silent on Immigration Debate Over Inmate Transfers to ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
By Nick Gerda | December 4, 2018

The state-mandated forum brought out more than two dozen public speakers who supported and opposed the Sheriff’s Department’s involvement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Donald Barnes to Succeed Sandra Hutchens As Orange County Sheriff

2018 elections
By Thy Vo | November 7, 2018

Barnes, who has so far received 57 percent of votes to 43 percent for his opponent, Duke Nguyen, declared victory Wednesday afternoon. The Registrar of Voters still has 418,600 votes to count.

A New Sheriff for Orange County [Latest Election Night Count]

2018 elections
By Thy Vo | November 6, 2018

The election comes after years of controversy and scandal for the retiring Sheriff, Sandra Hutchens.

OC Sheriff Election A Referendum on Embattled Department

2018 elections
By Thy Vo | November 2, 2018

Republican Undersheriff Donald Barnes and Los Angeles District Attorney Investigator Duke Nguyen, a Democrat, are vying to replace retiring Sheriff Sandra Hutchens on Nov. 6, in a contest that will test whether years of scandal and controversies have affected how voters view the embattled department.

Sheriff and Phone Company Covered Up Jail Recordings, Attorney Alleges

OC jail recorded telephone calls
By Thy Vo | October 5, 2018

Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders says Sheriff’s Department personnel and Global Tel Link, the county’s jail phone contractor, knew about improper recordings of attorney-client jail calls but conspired to cover it up. He also points to discrepancies in data turned over by Global Tel Link that suggest far more than 1,079 attorney-client phone calls were improperly recorded.

Company Under Fire for Recording Attorney-Client Jail Phone Calls Made the Same Mistake Twice Before

OC jail recorded telephone calls
By Thy Vo | August 24, 2018

Global Tel Link, the county contractor that recorded more than 1,000 inmate phone calls specifically designated as “do not record,” did the same thing two years ago in Florida’s Pinellas and Charlotte counties, company executives said Thursday.

At Least 150 OC Jail Inmates on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions and Treatment

OC jail hunger strike
By BRANDON PHO and KASSIDY DILLON | July 20, 2018

Roughly 150 to 200 Orange County jail inmates are on a hunger strike to protest jailhouse conditions, according to two different estimates — one from the OC Sheriff’s Department and another from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Barnes Ends Election Night With Majority of Votes in Sheriff’s Race

Election 2018
By Thy Vo | June 5, 2018

Republican Undersheriff Donald Barnes is close to winning the Sheriff’s race outright, ending election night with 50.7 percent of votes, according to results posted by the Registrar of Voters 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Three Law Enforcement Veterans Compete for Orange County Sheriff

Orange County Sheriff
By Thy Vo | May 23, 2018

Undersheriff Don Barnes, Aliso Viejo Mayor Dave Harrington and Los Angeles District Attorney detective Duke Nguyen are all vying for the Sheriff’s seat on June 5.

DA: Jail Inmate Killed by Cellmate Who Previously Confessed to Murder

Orange County Sheriffs Department
By Nick Gerda | May 23, 2018

In the days leading up to Danny Pham’s death, jail staff placed him with a man who police say confessed about two months earlier to murdering a homeless man.

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