In Chicago, an odd mix of brazen action by detainees in jail and declining budgets is keeping public defenders from talking to their clients in the lockup areas behind county courtrooms.
Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli says this will continue until authorities can find a way to stop some of the men in custody from exposing themselves to female attorneys.
Campanelli says the majority — 60 percent — of the assistant public defenders in her office are women who often talk to clients in the lockup areas before they're brought into the courtroom. But, increasingly, there's been a problem.
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Its a jail, what do you really expect
ReplyDeleteNow you know first hand what kind of person you represent...lol
ReplyDeleteActually, it is a court house holding area but don't let facts get in the way.
ReplyDelete10:56 oh sorry Big Difference
ReplyDeletePut them in their orange jumpsuits with the zipper in the back.
ReplyDelete10:56 Actually it is very different and, as a member of the bar, I've seen both areas.
ReplyDeleteGive the females a large canister of mace or pepper spray. Although I would recommend a hand gun which wouldn't happen. I'm a male and wouldn't represent the nasty turds.
ReplyDeleteNo 959am, its a ZOO not a jail!
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