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| Another inmate is mistakenly released from Tulsa Jail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/08/2001 |
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A Corrections Corporation of America employee faced disciplinary action after another inmate was accidentally released at the Tulsa Jail, officials said earlier this week. Donald A. Manning, 30, was arrested May 17 on felony charges of marijuana possession with the intent to distribute and possession of marijuana in the presence of a minor child. The latter charge was dismissed May 24, but Manning was supposed to be held in lieu of $45,000 bond on the first charge. A booking supervisor, however, authorized Manning's release and he went free May 25. Police arrested Manning Monday night. Warden Jim Cooke was unavailable for comment Monday. Marvin Branham, a spokesman for Nashville, Tenn.-based CCA, said the discovery was made after Manning's appearance at a hearing on Thursday. 'In processing that paperwork, it was discovered that he had not made that bond and was out,' Branham said. 'He appeared in court, so in a sense he has shown that he's not a great flight risk at this time.' On May 29, CCA mistakenly released Clifford C. Meano, who was facing 11 counts of lewd molestation of a minor child and a $900,000 bond. He is back in custody. Branham said the Meano release stemmed from a miscommunication between CCA and the Tulsa County Court Clerk's Office, but Court Clerk Sally Howe Smith said the charges against Meano were perfectly clear. On Monday, Branham placed the blame solely on a booking supervisor, who he says was involved in both bad releases. The employee's name was not released pending a corrective-action hearing. The employee was moved from booking and is serving a four-day suspension, he said. 'It's difficult to understand how he could have possibly made this error,' Branham said. There have been 11 mistaken releases from the Tulsa Jail since it opened in August 1999, the Tulsa World reported. Jail contract monitor Joe Masek said last week his records showed that CCA was responsible for four mistaken releases and two escapes since the jail opened. Branham said CCA met with Smith and her staff last week in an effort to improve communications. A single individual, who will be trained by the Court Clerk's Office, will now be in charge of releasing inmates on the day shift, Branham said. It is the same training that minute clerks in the Court Clerk's Office receive, he said. Branham also said CCA and the county will better coordinate communications after court hours, but Smith said that is something her office has always done. Smith said no changes were made to any of her office procedures other than the agreement to work with the CCA employee who will be in charge of releases. |
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