the female defendant in the video was in jail for failing to complete a diversion program for a prior shoplifting charge. During her time at Metro Corrections in Louisville she said she was never given a uniform and was forced to spend her time there without pants or feminine hygiene products.
Wolf immediately began making phone calls to Metro Corrections officials in the video, outraged over the treatment of the woman.
“I’m not trying to embarrass you, I’m very sorry,” Wolf told the defendant in court. “Can we get her something to cover up with? Anything, anything, anything. I don’t care what it is.”
Steve Durham, a spokesman for the jail, told local station WDRB that the
woman had not been in custody long enough to receive a jail jumpsuit. She had been in the jail for three days prior to her court appearance.
“What the hell is going on?” Wolf can be heard saying on the phone. “I am holding her here until she is dressed appropriately to go back to jail. This is outrageous.”
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