Mom outraged after inmate transport bus used to take kids to summer camp

Friday, August 9, 2019
SAN DIEGO -- The mother of an 8-year-old San Diego girl is demanding answers after her daughter and dozens of other children were transported to a summer camp event in an inmate transport bus.

Kimberly Steele says her daughter described the bus as having cages inside. Steele says the kids were being stigmatized.
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She said was never told the free summer-camp transportation was going to be an inmate bus.

The summer program caters to children in underserved communities.
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The program director said the free buses from the sheriff's department have been used for years and have never been a problem.
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