Merced Sun-Star Op-Ed: Parole agents failed Jaycee Dugard-GPS not the solution

Our View: How did parole agents fail Jaycee?
Inspector general's report offers valuable ideas where system fell short in Garrido case.

Though it contained little new information, the state inspector general's report on Phillip Garrido's parole supervision still is stunning.

Incompetence in the oversight of the man who is accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard, and holding her captive for 18 years, defies belief.

We agree with most of the report's recommendations on actions to prevent this kind of outrage from happening again.

However, we have problems with the call for more aggressive GPS monitoring. And we think there's one key issue that both the report -- and the corrections system -- doesn't address...(Full text at Merced Sun Star)