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| Inmate Mistakenly Released in Missouri |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 10/28/2002 |
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A prisoner's mistaken release from the St. Louis jail marks the latest in a series of inmate mix-ups that has angered the mayor, who last month tapped a new superintendent and threatened to privatize the lockup. Officials said Jerome Jones Jr., 34, was released Thursday afternoon from the medium-security lockup known as the city's workhouse, where he was being held on kidnapping, burglary and weapons charges. Workers later learned Jones' 52-year-old father, Jerome Jones Sr., was the one who should have been freed after he reportedly paid back child support. The younger Jones was taken back into custody hours later after the Jones family learned of the mistake, and he agreed to be returned to the jail. 'This is very frustrating because we put a lot of time and effort into developing new procedures to ensure this thing wouldn't happen, but any procedure is only as good as the people trying to implement that procedure,' said Ed Bushmeyer, the city's public safety director. 'What this shows is that the policies are not being uniformly followed. We need to enforce all the policies, all the time. When it comes to releasing inmates, 99 percent accuracy is not good enough.' Thursday's mistaken release was the latest this year at the jail - including the escape of five inmates Feb. 23 who slipped out unnoticed until an off-duty jail cook recognized them on the street and called in. |
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