Monday, 1 August 2016

Police refuse inmate feminine hygiene products, then send her to court without trousers

Police refuse inmate feminine hygiene products, then send her to court without trousers

A judge scolded jail officials after a prisoner was refused feminine hygiene products and sent to court without trousers.

Judge Amber Wolf at Jefferson District Court in Louisville asked is she was in the ‘Twilight Zone’ after a lawyer told her the inmate was held in custody for three days without feminine hygiene products or a regulation jumpsuit.

In the courtroom video recording, Wolf can be heard saying: ‘Is this for real? This can’t be.’


Disgusted by the woman’s treatment, she makes a phone call and demands to speak to an officer in charge.

She says: ‘Why is there a female defendant standing in front of me with no pants on? And she’s been in our jail for three days.

‘The jail has refused to give her pants and any feminine hygiene products.’

Wolf asks if someone can give the inmate something to cover up with, before offering her ‘deepest apologies’.



A female Metro Corrections inmate was brought to Jefferson District Court on Friday morning without a jumpsuit - and appearing to not be wearing pants - prompting a judge to call the jail and ask "what the hell is going on?" An attorney for the woman told Judge Amber Wolf that the jail "refused to give her pants and any kind of hygiene products that she needed," according to a video of the hearing from Friday morning. The woman, who was in jail for not completing a diversion program on a 2014 shoplifting charge, said she had been in Metro Corrections for days without pants, despite repeated requests. "Excuse me?" Wolf said. "This is outrageous. Is this for real?" As the woman and her attorney looked on, Wolf took out her cell phone during the hearing and called to talk with Metro Corrections Director Mark Bolton, telling someone she wanted to ask him "why there is a female defendant standing in front of me with no pants on." Wolf asked court staff to find something to cover the woman with - "anything, I don't care what it is." Jail officials said the woman was wearing athletic shorts, which were hidden by a long shirt. Steve Durham, a spokesman for the jail, said the woman had not been in custody long enough to be given a jail jumpsuit. "This is pretty standard that when individuals are arrested, they remain in the clothing that they've been arrested in," Durham said. "Especially for the first 72 hours." But during the hearing, Metro Corrections Deputy Director Dwayne Clark brought clothing to the woman and told Wolf that she should have been given a jumpsuit.
A female Metro Corrections inmate was brought to Jefferson District Court on Friday morning without a jumpsuit - and appearing to not be wearing pants - prompting a judge to call the jail and ask "what the hell is going on?" An attorney for the woman told Judge Amber Wolf that the jail "refused to give her pants and any kind of hygiene products that she needed," according to a video of the hearing from Friday morning. The woman, who was in jail for not completing a diversion program on a 2014 shoplifting charge, said she had been in Metro Corrections for days without pants, despite repeated requests. "Excuse me?" Wolf said. "This is outrageous. Is this for real?" As the woman and her attorney looked on, Wolf took out her cell phone during the hearing and called to talk with Metro Corrections Director Mark Bolton, telling someone she wanted to ask him "why there is a female defendant standing in front of me with no pants on." Wolf asked court staff to find something to cover the woman with - "anything, I don't care what it is." Jail officials said the woman was wearing athletic shorts, which were hidden by a long shirt. Steve Durham, a spokesman for the jail, said the woman had not been in custody long enough to be given a jail jumpsuit. "This is pretty standard that when individuals are arrested, they remain in the clothing that they've been arrested in," Durham said. "Especially for the first 72 hours." But during the hearing, Metro Corrections Deputy Director Dwayne Clark brought clothing to the woman and told Wolf that she should have been given a jumpsuit.
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