Judge Orders OC Jail Inmates To No Longer Be Chained Around Waist In Court

SANTA ANA (CBSLA/AP) — An Orange County judge has ruled that jail inmates will no longer be chained around the waist inside county courthouses.
Superior Court Judge Kathleen Roberts ruled Monday that the order could end a policy by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department to fit all inmates going to court with waist chains, according to the Orange County Register.
Defense attorneys say the practice is inhumane, while attorneys for the Sheriff’s Department argue that the chains en