Threats to jail Democratic mayors or governors who defy or oppose Trumpov's deportation plans, for instance, would provide the perfect occasion to convene a citizens assembly on the topic.

These included that Tudor was convicted of indecently assaulting three underage girls and was jailed for six months in 1988, although the conviction was quashed on technical grounds.

A 77-year-old environmental campaigner has been returned to jail after problems with an electronic tag to monitor her.

In an emailed statement this week, the Sheriff’s Department said it has worked to decrease violence inside its jails as part of an effort to comply with the terms of a long-standing class-action lawsuit.

Hochman’s brief also said that the prosecutors and police officers who initially put the pair in jail had done nothing wrong.