Homeless, mentally ill man spent 17 months in Indiana jail after allegedly stealing a soda

[deadparrot]

CROWN POINT, Ind. -- Officials are at a loss to explain how they allowed a homeless, mentally ill man accused of stealing a soda to languish in jail for 17 months.

Edward Perez’s attorney, his court-appointed psychiatrist, the judge in his case and Lake County jail officials all apparently believed he had been released a year ago.

The mistake wasn’t discovered until this month, after a new warden ordered a review of all inmates’ files, Sheriff Roy Dominguez told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville for a story Friday.

”This is very unfortunate,” Judge Sheila Moss said. ”This is a guy who apparently needed services, and he should have been somewhere where he could get that, rather than sitting in our county jail, which is already overcrowded.”

http://news.bostonherald.com/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=184601

[Dracos]

1. This is a bunch of bull shit

someone needs to get fired or maybe even go to jail!If a new Warden hadn't come along that poor guy would still be in jail.