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demmiblue

(39,941 posts)
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 08:54 AM Mar 2019

Sheriff, all her deputies and a police dog resign to protest Oklahoma jail conditions

An Oklahoma sheriff and nearly all of her staff resigned this week to protest what she says are dangerous jail conditions.

Nowata County is reeling after sheriff Terry Sue Barnett read her letter of resignation at a news conference on Monday, saying a judge "tried to bribe" her to support a jail that is unsafe for staff and prisoners.

Nowata County Judge Carl Gibson ordered Barnett and her undersheriff to a court appearance on Tuesday where he said he has an “obligation to live within a budget” and Barnett didn't respect that, ABC Tulsa reports.

Twelve members of the Nowata County Sheriff's Office staff, including all deputies, the head dispatcher and most of the jail staff, resigned with Barnett, NBC News reports. The office’s K-9 ranger even quit, signing paperwork with a paw print, Barnett said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/21/sheriff-deputies-police-dog-resign-protest-oklahoma-jail-conditions/3231380002/


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Sheriff, all her deputies and a police dog resign to protest Oklahoma jail conditions (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2019 OP
Wow - good for her leftynyc Mar 2019 #1
It's pretty bad when even your dog says eff this place. lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #2
That complaint was about the budget allowing only enough $$$ 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #11
Did Halliburton build the jail? nuxvomica Mar 2019 #3
Good point. Or perhaps one of the for-profit prison corporations. erronis Mar 2019 #7
Was the jail built by the private sector? My guess is yes. c-rational Mar 2019 #4
lame excuse by the undersherrif. AllaN01Bear Mar 2019 #5
I'm a former resident of OK sazemisery Mar 2019 #6
All the hardliners want to lock people up... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #8
Things must be really bad for a dog to resign IronLionZion Mar 2019 #9
Now THAT'S taking a stand! StarryNite Mar 2019 #10
that's a team! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #12
K&R, uponit7771 Mar 2019 #13

3Hotdogs

(15,547 posts)
11. That complaint was about the budget allowing only enough $$$
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 12:00 PM
Mar 2019

to purchase Rival instead of Origin.

Everyone knows Lassie didn't like Rival.

Yes, its satire.

nuxvomica

(14,204 posts)
3. Did Halliburton build the jail?
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 09:28 AM
Mar 2019

It sounds a lot like the troop facilities during the Iraq occupation.

sazemisery

(2,617 posts)
6. I'm a former resident of OK
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 10:51 AM
Mar 2019

I worked in the court system and this does not surprise me in the least.

Wounded Bear

(64,631 posts)
8. All the hardliners want to lock people up...
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 11:03 AM
Mar 2019

but they don't want to pay for adequate incarceration facilities.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
12. that's a team!
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 06:44 PM
Mar 2019

The fact that her deputies left with her signals their respect. The county should sit up and take notice.

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