Nov 4, 2009 7:40 pm US/Pacific
Corrections Dept. 'Failed' To Supervise Garrido
Parolee Phillip Garrido Accused In Jaycee Dugard Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) ―
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Phillip Garrido looks out at the courtroom during his arraignment on 28 felony counts stemming from the abduction of Jaycee Dugard in 1991, in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2009.
AP
California's inspector general released details of a two-month inquiry
into the handling of the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping case saying the
Corrections Department 'failed to properly supervise' parolee and
suspect Phillip Garrido.
Garrido allegedly managed to keep Dugard hidden from authorities for 18 years even as he was being monitored by parole officers, reports CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento.
California Inspector General David Shaw spent two months looking into what the Department of Corrections did and did not do while supervising Garrido on parole.
The summary said Garrido "committed numerous parole violations and that the department failed to properly supervise Garrido and missed numerous opportunities to discover his victims."
The department also failed to train parole agents to conduct parolee home visits, failed to properly supervise parole agents responsible for Garrido and failed to adequately classify Garrido, the summary said.
It did not delve into the details of the findings and did not explain how agents failed to supervise him. The office released the summary on its Web site and planned an afternoon news conference to release the full document.
The two-month inquiry was launched after Garrido and his wife were arrested for allegedly kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive in his backyard.
Questions arose about how Garrido managed to keep Dugard hidden for so long despite being monitored by parole officers because of a previous rape conviction, even as he was being monitored by parole officers because of a previous rape conviction.
The office has said its report would include recommendations for improving parolee supervision statewide.
Garrido, 58, was under federal parole supervision and required to register as a sex offender when he and his wife, Nancy Garrido, allegedly snatched Dugard outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991. Phillip Garrido had been convicted in 1977 for kidnapping and raping a 25-year-old woman.
California took over Garrido's supervision in 1999.
As a parolee, Garrido wore a GPS-linked ankle bracelet that tracked his every movement, met with his parole agent several times each month and was subject to routine surprise home visits and random drug and alcohol tests, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Still, the backyard encampment where Garrido allegedly hid and raped Dugard went unnoticed by authorities. Police say Garrido fathered Dugard's two daughters, now 15 and 11, who were born in the ramshackle tent compound.
The Garridos have pleaded not guilty to 29 counts related to Dugard's abduction, rape and imprisonment.
Dugard, 29, was reunited with her family in August, and is living with her daughters and mother in an undisclosed location in Northern California.
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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