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TRUSTIES STAY BUSY SERVING TIME SELECT INMATES LIVE, WORK AT LANCASTER SHERIFF'S STATION.


Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer

LANCASTER - Staying out of crowded Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County jails for some inmates can mean mopping the Lancaster sheriff's station floors, washing cars and shining shoes.

But trusties Prison inmates who through their good conduct earn a certain measure of freedom in and around the prison in exchange for assuming certain responsibilities.

A prison trusty might, for example, be charged with the responsibility of maintaining order among fellow inmates.
 - the term for inmates allowed to live and work at sheriff's stations rather than the regular jails - say the benefit is worth the price.

``It's so much better than sitting in a cell,'' said one Lancaster sheriff's station trusty, who didn't want his name used. ``We have to work a lot, but it's still a lot better. The food's better, and it's not as crowded. Plus it's a lot safer here. We also get to work outside more, which is cool.''

Trusties at the Lancaster sheriff's station work 12-hour shiftssweeping, mopping, vacuuming, shredding shred  
n.
1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.

2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.

tr.v.
 paper, emptying trash, gardening and washing patrol cars.

On their off time, they can make money by shining deputies' shoes or washing employees' personal vehicles at $2 to $5 a job.

At the Lancaster station, they sleep in a dormitory room that is inside the station. The room has enough beds for up to 14 trusties but typically only holds six to eight. They have a television set and exercise equipment.

Lancaster sheriff's station officials said they do not recall a trusty ever walking away from the facility. That would be the same crime, bearing the same penalty, as if they escaped from a jail.

``The potential is always there, but if they leave without supervision or direction, it's an escape,'' said Deputy Dan Aleman, the station's administrative jailer.

To qualify to become trusties, inmates must be jailed on a nonviolent offense and have a permanent address - transients are considered too likely to flee. Most are serving time for offenses such as driving without a license, failure to appear in court Ask a Lawyer

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``There's a lot of restrictions on their placement,'' Aleman said. ``The inmates also have to decide if they're close enough for their family to come visit them. On occasion we have had to turn some away. If someone has been arrested for selling narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required.  up here, we don't want to take the chance on placing them here.''

Lancaster trustees' meals are trucked in hot three times a day from Challenger Juvenile Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
  • A prison
  • A structure for immigration detention
  • An internment camp or concentration camp
. The trusties also serve food to the new arrestees housed in the station's cells.

Trusties let the county save money cleaning sheriff's stations, officials said. Although officials said they could not offer an exact amount, they believe trusties save the department several thousand dollars each month.

The trusties' time can vary from a few weeks to several months at the station. They are warned to be polite and courteous cour·te·ous  
adj.
Characterized by gracious consideration toward others. See Synonyms at polite.



[Middle English corteis, courtly, from Old French, from cort, court; see
 to everyone they meet at the station and that any slipup can result in a trip back to a regular jail.

``Most of the people we see are pretty cool,'' the Lancaster trusty said. ``They don't bark bark, sailing vessel
bark or barque (both: bärk), sailing vessel with three masts, of which the mainmast and the foremast are square-rigged while the mizzenmast is fore-and-aft-rigged.
 orders at us and stuff. They show us respect, and we show them respect. I don't think any of us want to go back downtown.''
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