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Public defender wants video link to jail

By Gideon

From KOLNKGIN.com: The Hall County public defender’s office is asking county supervisors to consider a video connection from that office to the jail. The request from Public Defender Gerard Piccolo comes as defense attorneys have to drive more to see clients because the county’s new jail is on a busy highway outside of the downtown government center. Supervisors were scheduled to talk about a possible video link during a meeting Tuesday. Supervisor Bob Rye says it’s a way to be more efficient. He believes it would cost less than $10,000 to add the video connection to the public defender’s office. The county already uses a video connection from the jail to the Hall County Courthouse for arraignments.

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).