Meanwhile, she asked court staff to cover up the inmate with – “anything, I don’t care what it is.”
The jail claims the woman was wearing athletic shorts that were concealed by a long T-shirt.
Steve Durham, a spokesman for the jail, told WDRB the woman had not been in custody long enough to be given a jail jumpsuit.
“This is pretty standard that when individuals are arrested, they remain in the clothing that they’ve been arrested in,” Durham said. “Especially for the first 72 hours.”
A female inmate behind the podium complained that she was given no pants by jail officials in Louisville, Kentucky.
However, during the hearing, Metro Corrections Deputy Director Dwayne Clark brought clothing to the woman and told Wolf that the inmate should have been given a jumpsuit.
“Dressed like she was,” Clark said, “she should have been changed into a jumpsuit. I gotta look into why she wasn’t.”
Durham told the Louisville Courier-Journal on Saturday night that neither Judge Wolf nor the woman’s attorney checked to see that she had shorts on under her shirt.
“The judge drew a conclusion she didn’t have pants on and didn’t do anything to confirm that,” Durham said. “If we had taken somebody over with no pants on, we should be held responsible. We didn’t.”
“During warm summer months, we get people all the time who are wearing shorts and T-shirts and miniskirts and tank tops,” he added.
In an email to staff, jail director Bolton said the woman was handled the same way as 32,000 other people booked every year.
“Perceptions do matter, but facts matter more,” Bolton wrote.
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