Saturday, August 21, 2010

Slow Saturday Special: Singing Kumbaya in the Suffolk County Jail

Related: Singing the Suffolk County Jail Blues

At least there is some variety on the station.

"Suffolk sheriff to meet with ICE; US wants to keep detainees in Hub" by Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff | August 21, 2010

Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral said yesterday that US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked her to reconsider her decision to stop housing immigrant detainees at a Boston jail. She said she plans to huddle with federal authorities in a bid to resolve her complaints of a serious breakdown in communications with the agency.

“Sometimes you have to be tough just to get somebody’s attention,’’ said Cabral, whose general counsel sent a scathing later to ICE last week, warning officials to remove the immigrants being held at the House of Correction at South Bay in Roxbury by Oct. 12 because the federal agency routinely failed to share information with the sheriff’s office that involved its handling of detainees.

“They want us to sit down and have a conversation, and I never say no to that,’’ Cabral said in a telephone interview. “Perhaps we can resolve outstanding issues. If that can’t happen, we’ll go forward as planned.’’

Now where that check?

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