November 4, 2009
Secretary Matthew Cate Issues Statement on Inspector General’s Special Report on Parole Supervision of Phillip Garrido
“The circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and 18 year disappearance of Jaycee Dugard are horrendous. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is committed to improving its operations every day to ensure an incident like this never happens again. The Department appreciates the efforts of the Office of the Inspector General to assist in our mission.”
“After 10-years on federal parole, Phillip Garrido’s parole supervision was turned over to California in 1999, under an antiquated parole system. The Department will continue to work to improve the system. In March, the Administration began seeking comprehensive parole reform that focuses supervision and resources on the high-risk offenders, like Garrido. These reforms will become laws in January and help us better protect the public while helping offenders to reintegrate successfully into society.
How times change. In August, DORC saw the situation quite differently:
For Immediate ReleaseThus, we see the inherent value of waiting until the facts are in before issuing ANY press release, much less one of the self-congratulatory variety.
Contact: Gordon Hinkle / Paul Verke
(916) 445-4950
August 27, 2009
CDCR Parole Agents Help Uncover 18-year-old Mystery Concerning Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard
SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) Division of Adult Parole Operations helped to uncover a nearly 18-year-old mystery concerning the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 years old when she was last seen as she walked to her bus stop in South Lake Tahoe, California, on June 10, 1991.
On August 26, 2009, a CDCR parole agent brought in parolee Phillip Garrido for questioning. The day before, suspicious activity had been reported when Garrido, a registered sex offender, was seen with two small children at U.C. Berkeley.
CDCR involved the Concord Police Department to assist in determining the identity of the two children and an adult female who accompanied Garrido to CDCR's parole office in Concord. The diligent questioning and follow up by the parolee's agent of record led to Garrido revealing his kidnapping of the adult female. It was further revealed by Garrido that she was Jaycee Lee Dugard and that the children were his.
Garrido and his wife were arrested and transported to the Concord Jail. The FBI with the full cooperation of CDCR and local law enforcement officials are conducting a full investigation surrounding Garrido and further information is pending those investigations.
On June 8, 1999, Garrido was paroled from a Nevada state prison. Garrido, 58, served time in federal custody and in Nevada for sexual assault. Garrido's prior arrest history consists of possession of marijuana. While on parole supervision in California, Garrido was subject to: anti narcotic testing, to refrain from alcohol, and global positioning system (GPS) monitoring.
Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Division of Adult Parole Operations will be holding a briefing to answer questions on the matter today.
Beyond that, Paco is amazed at just how little SecrAttorney Cate had to say--What he does say is outrageous. Cate passes the tragedy off as the product of an "antiquated parole system" as though the system has improved since Garrido's intake. Nowhere does he acknowledge mistakes were made. Rather, Cate presents the incident as though it was an unfortunate incident that simply happened.
The SecrAttorney assures us DORC is "committed to improving its operations every day to ensure an incident like this never happens again." Yet, he offers no explanation, apology and, most importantly, no solutions.
Could it be ANY clearer Matt Cate is in WAY over his pointy head? Isn't it LONG past time this incompetent boob moved along?
CAN CATE.
2 comments:
I saw Matt Cate doing an interview with Channel 3 last night. They asked him flat out if he was about to get canned. He replied that he was aware that Secretaries of the department have not had a long shelf life. Perhaps Arnie's people have already had a chat with him.
It seems basic to people who have worked in the system. Prison systems should be headed by people who are familiar with, and have a track record of successfully running prisons. Some types of managment experience is interchangable. Some isn't.
Well said Bob.
Politicians should leave some things to those who have come up through the ranks, have established their reputation in the field, and know what's up.
Since they don't, we find ourselves surrounded by politically adept, professionally inept, career bureaucrats whose knowledge and skills are limited to kissing ass and saying what appears to them to be the right thing at any given moment.
I don't see it getting better any time soon.
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