Property of Phillip and Nancy Garrido
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SACRAMENTO -- Phillip Garrido, the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years, is now saying he's sorry.
In a letter sent to a California news station, Garrido says he is a changed man and references "a sexual problem believed to be impossible."
Garrido goes on to say he wants to "apologize to every human being for what has taken place."
Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have been charged with abducting Dugard from a South Lake Tahoe bus stop in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years in their backyard.
Both have pleaded not guilty.
A recent report showed that corrections officials failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover Dugard.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation also failed to refer Garrido for a mental health assessment, according to the report by the state Inspector General's Office.
The summary said Garrido "committed numerous parole violations and that the department failed to properly supervise Garrido and missed numerous opportunities to discover his victims."
The department also failed to train parole agents to conduct parolee home visits, failed to properly supervise parole agents responsible for Garrido and failed to adequately classify Garrido, the summary said.
Garrido, 58, was under federal parole supervision and required to register as a sex offender when he and his wife, Nancy Garrido, allegedly snatched Dugard outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991. Phillip Garrido had been convicted in 1977 for kidnapping and raping a 25-year-old woman.
California took over Garrido's supervision in 1999.
As a parolee, Garrido wore a GPS-linked ankle bracelet that tracked his every movement, met with his parole agent several times each month and was subject to routine surprise home visits and random drug and alcohol tests, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Still, the backyard encampment where Garrido allegedly hid and raped Dugard went unnoticed by authorities. Police say Garrido fathered Dugard's two daughters, now 15 and 11, who were born in the ramshackle tent compound.
The Garridos have pleaded not guilty to 29 counts related to Dugard's abduction, rape and imprisonment.
Dugard, 29, was reunited with her family in August, and is living with her daughters and mother in an undisclosed location in Northern California.
In a letter sent to a California news station, Garrido says he is a changed man and references "a sexual problem believed to be impossible."
Garrido goes on to say he wants to "apologize to every human being for what has taken place."
Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have been charged with abducting Dugard from a South Lake Tahoe bus stop in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years in their backyard.
Both have pleaded not guilty.
A recent report showed that corrections officials failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover Dugard.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation also failed to refer Garrido for a mental health assessment, according to the report by the state Inspector General's Office.
The summary said Garrido "committed numerous parole violations and that the department failed to properly supervise Garrido and missed numerous opportunities to discover his victims."
The department also failed to train parole agents to conduct parolee home visits, failed to properly supervise parole agents responsible for Garrido and failed to adequately classify Garrido, the summary said.
Garrido, 58, was under federal parole supervision and required to register as a sex offender when he and his wife, Nancy Garrido, allegedly snatched Dugard outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991. Phillip Garrido had been convicted in 1977 for kidnapping and raping a 25-year-old woman.
California took over Garrido's supervision in 1999.
As a parolee, Garrido wore a GPS-linked ankle bracelet that tracked his every movement, met with his parole agent several times each month and was subject to routine surprise home visits and random drug and alcohol tests, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Still, the backyard encampment where Garrido allegedly hid and raped Dugard went unnoticed by authorities. Police say Garrido fathered Dugard's two daughters, now 15 and 11, who were born in the ramshackle tent compound.
The Garridos have pleaded not guilty to 29 counts related to Dugard's abduction, rape and imprisonment.
Dugard, 29, was reunited with her family in August, and is living with her daughters and mother in an undisclosed location in Northern California.
