British Broadcasting Corporation
Phillip and nancy Garrido The Garridos deny charges of kidnapping and rape
Parole officers in California repeatedly failed in their supervision of the man who allegedly held a girl captive for 18 years, a report says.
Phillip Garrido is accused of snatching Jaycee Dugard in 1991, when she was 11, and fathering two children with her.
The report into the case says Garrido, who was on parole for rape, was wrongly classified as low-risk and inadequately supervised.
As a result, it says, many chances of discovering Ms Dugard were missed.
Ms Dugard was found in ramshackle huts hidden behind the house where Garrido lived with his wife, Nancy.
The pair have pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and rape.
The girl had been snatched outside her home in the California town of South Lake Tahoe in 1991, and found in August at Garrido's home near Antioch.
He had been released from prison in 1988 after serving 11 years of a 50-year sentence for rape.
The report lists numerous lapses by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including:
David Shaw and Matthew Cate
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
California Inspector General David Shaw and Department of Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate reflect on failings in the case
The report spoke of "systemic problems" in the parole system, and called for better use of GPS monitoring for parolees.
Garrido had been under parole supervision because of a 1977 conviction for raping a 25-year-old woman.
He was released from prison in 1988 and placed under federal supervision until 1999, when California took over, the Associated Press reported.
California corrections officials said they were working to improve the monitoring of released sex offenders.
"We obviously deeply regret any error that could have possibly resulted in the victims living under these conditions for even one additional day," Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Matthew Cate said.
Print Sponsor
The home of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido
Antioch disbeliefJimmy Lee, spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department
Police search neighbour's houseAlly Jacobs
Police woman describes 'pale kids'Phillip Garrido
Kidnap accused appear in courtvideo Army 'dissent' over West Bank role
video Living the American dream
video 'Coma' man conscious for years
video Queen and Duke arrive in Bermuda
video One-minute World News
video Susan Boyle is mobbed in New York
video Nasa lasers measure Antarctic ice
video Birthday card joy for 110-year-old
video Queen set for Bermuda visit
video India and US are 'natural allies'
Chimneys silhouetted against the sun
Warming globeUS President Barack Obama and Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan Stanley McChrystal
Mardell's AmericaA man in the act of killing a buffalo
In picturesMost Popular Now | 16,714 people are reading stories on the site right now.
Quantcast
BBC © MMIX
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.watch One-Minute World News