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Independent commission reviews county jail

   March 10, 2008

Unfortunately it is not the Escambia County jail. The Tampa Tribune reports an independent review commission will get its first look today at the inner workings of Hillsborough County’s jail system a month after a string of abuse complaints went public.

Sheriff David Gee created the commission last month after a surveillance video was broadcast showing Brian Sterner being dumped from a wheelchair by a detention deputy Jan. 29. Sterner, who is paralyzed from the chest down, had been arrested on a traffic-related charge.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, a sheriff forming an independent review commission after abuse reports in this jail – What a novel idea.

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