Lawyer gets trapped in San Diego Jail on accident

An attorney in San Diego found out the hard way that some jails aren't run in the most efficient manner, as he was trapped in a visiting room for four hours after going to visit a client.  Here is the brief article on Fox News.

Lawyer trapped for hours in San Diego Jail
-Associated Press

SAN DIEGO –  An attorney says he went to the downtown San Diego jail to visit a client and ended up becoming a prisoner himself.

U-T San Diego reported Friday that Erubey Lopez got his visitor's badge and was escorted to the visiting room, but his client never came.

When Lopez tried to use an intercom to ask about the delay, it was broken. He yelled and banged on the door, but it took four hours for a guard to discover him and let him out.  Sheriff's Cmdr. John Ingrassia confirmed the incident, calling it "unfortunate."  Ingrassia says inmates are usually brought to the visiting room within a half hour, but Lopez' client was still being booked, passing between various deputies, so the message that he had a visitor was somehow lost.

Believe it our not this type of stuff happens all the time.  I have personally been stuck in "Sally cells" while visiting a criminal defendant in county jail on multiple occasions.  It occurs most often when you go to visit more than one client.  The jailors will loose track of you or there will be a shift change and they forget about you.  Its is frustrating as can be.

Its still pretty funny when it doesn't happen to you.