OC Sheriff Kept Evidence Booking Crisis Secret for Almost Two Years
Public Safety
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Sheriff Don Barnes’ spokeswoman declined to say why county supervisors and the district attorney weren’t told of the scale of the issue sooner.
Rackauckas Secretly Cleared Deputies Accused of Lying About Informants
Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
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Former District Attorney Tony Rackauckas quietly decided last year to not have prosecutors tell defense attorneys about 10 sheriff deputies suspected of lying about or concealing records about jail informants.
Supervisors Silent on Immigration Debate Over Inmate Transfers to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.