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| Parole Notes Policy Under Review |
| By signonsandiego.com |
| Published: 03/09/2010 |
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Three years of field notes from parole agents supervising John Albert Gardner III after his release from prison on a 2000 molestation conviction were destroyed under a state policy that is being reviewed as he faces charges of raping and murdering Chelsea King. California prison officials said pertinent information on parolees is transferred to a central file and retained before agents’ notes are burned or shredded. But Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, who represents the Poway area where Chelsea lived and went missing, wrote to state prisons Secretary Matthew Cate Monday, expressing alarm that the department destroys any records after one year. “Many people are committed to improving our criminal justice system, but it is hard to find needed reforms when records are destroyed,” Fletcher wrote. “This policy makes it impossible to know what was done right and what needs to be changed.” Officials say they are rethinking the practice, which allows the destruction of field records as soon as one year after an offender completes parole. Read More. |
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