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  1. 1. Should The Guy Be Granted A Furlough?

    • Yes, The Little Girl Should Be Granted Her Last Wish.
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    • No, It Isn't The Bureau Of Prison's Fault The Guy Got Convicted While His Daughter Was Sick.
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This is a story from here in Nebraska.

 

Daughter Dying, Dad Can't Leave Prison

Being Denied 30-Day Leave; Mom Says It's Daughter's Last Wish To Have Him With Her

 

(CBS) Ten-year-old Jayci Yaeger is dying of brain cancer, and has one final wish -- to have her father spend some time at her bedside before she dies.

 

She's in a Lincoln, Neb. hospice.

 

However, her father, Jason Yaeger, is in a federal minimum security prison in South Dakota, serving five-and-a-half years for a drug conviction. He has less than a year left in his sentence, and is set to be released to a halfway house in four months.

 

Daughter Dying, Dad Can't Leave Prison, Being Denied 30-Day Leave; Mom Says It's Daughter's Last Wish To Have Him With Her - CBS News

 

The father is in federal prison in Yankton S.D., which is a minimum security prison with only 2 foot tall walls around it, and only a couple hundred miles from Lincoln NE, where the daughter is.

 

Here is what official BOP policy says is one of the reasons to give a furlough.

 

[(1) To be present during a crisis in the immediate family, or in other urgent situations;]

 

Immediate family includes mother, father, step-parents, foster parents, brothers and sisters, spouse, and children.

 

The prison officials claim that his situation doesn't fit the catagory of "extraordinary circumstances" for a furlough.

 

Doctors doubt that the girl will live long enough for her dad to get out.

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hugo Newbie

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You do the crime.....you do the time. The little girl will learn one of life's important lessons here, your behavior also effects your loved ones.

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Practically anything but drugs I'd say no, but the guy shouldn't even be in prison in the first place.. I see no need to punish a dying little girl to teach her a life lesson that will die with her.
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In this circumstance I would let him see his daughter. He's spent four and a half years already for a drug charge. Long enough.

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snafu Newbie

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The guy doesn't really deserve to see his daughter.:eek: BUT, the daughter should be able to see her father. It's not about the guy, it's about the little girl.

 

Verry true.

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ImWithStupid Newbie

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I side with OS on this one. Even though the dad did a crime, the little girl shouldn't be punished for the crimes of her father. It definitely helps my dicision that the dad is about to be done with his sentance, he is in a minimum security prison which shows he isn't a danger to society and that, I feel he meets the requirements for an emergency family furlough.
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Can the father negotiate some sort of 'reconciled' prison term whereby he gets to take some leave now, and make up the difference later?

 

Or compensate for the special treatment by serving a longer sentence?

 

And even though his request has been denied, can he appeal?

 

Sorry, I don't know much about the US prison system, but surely since compassionate leave circumstances are taken into account in the policy, they can be negotiated when the circumstances arise?

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Can the father negotiate some sort of 'reconciled' prison term whereby he gets to take some leave now, and make up the difference later?

 

Or compensate for the special treatment by serving a longer sentence?

 

And even though his request has been denied, can he appeal?

 

Sorry, I don't know much about the US prison system, but surely since compassionate leave circumstances are taken into account in the policy, they can be negotiated when the circumstances arise?

 

For some reason the prison officials are standing firm. The family has tried many ways of getting them to let the father visit and have even contacted one of the US Senators from Nebraska to see if he can help, but as of now it they are running into walls.

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For some reason the prison officials are standing firm. The family has tried many ways of getting them to let the father visit and have even contacted one of the US Senators from Nebraska to see if he can help, but as of now it they are running into walls.

 

Well ..... that sucks. Not much else to say really, except that I just hope the little girl can somehow hang on until he's released to the halfway house in 4 months.

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hugo Newbie

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I am wondering if the girl is really pushing this. Sounds like the mother is.

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Its interesting how some believe that the State is somehow- wrong, and being unsympathetic and mean.

 

The truth is that these charges should be laid where they belong- with the father. He placed himself and the girl, and the rest of his family in this position. Because of his actions, they will all suffer.

 

Break the law at your peril.

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I am wondering if the girl is really pushing this. Sounds like the mother is.
Come on Hugo. My sister missed my dad by hours before he died because she lived in another state and she never got over it :(
Do the right thing!
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I think not being able to get there in time (missing by a few hours) is worse than not being able to get there at all.
Agreed. I can't imagine a sick little girl not being able to see her dad before she dies.
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Come on Hugo. My sister missed my dad by hours before he died because she lived in another state and she never got over it :(

 

No doubt.. What little girl doesn't love her daddy? No matter how vile...

 

Tried to give you rep sweetie, but have to wait for a new supply. :)

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He should be allowed to see her, then he should be returned to jail.

 

 

I see no problem with that.. they can escort him right to the hospital..

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Update.

 

Father Released From Prison To Visit Dying Daughter

 

POSTED: 8:04 pm CDT March 26, 2008

UPDATED: 8:24 am CDT March 27, 2008

 

OMAHA, Neb. -- An imprisoned father went to his dying daughter's bedside Wednesday, a visit federal authorities allowed only after being deluged with letters and phone calls from across the nation.

 

Father Released From Prison To Visit Dying Daughter - Omaha News Story - KETV Omaha

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This was the fourth time the father was escorted to see his daughter. My guess now is that he won't be able to see her again until the funeral.

Prior to Wednesday, the prison warden had allowed Jason Yaeger three visits to his daughter, but had denied requests for a longer furlough or an early transfer to a halfway house in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The warden told Yaeger it was not viewed as an extraordinary circumstance.
By the way, in one article I read on the subject, the family had to pay for the visit.
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Update.

 

Inmate’s daughter loses fight against cancer

By Kendra Waltke Lee Enterprises

Friday, Mar 28, 2008 - 11:35:04 am CDT

 

LINCOLN -- The 10-year-old daughter of an inmate who fought the system to see her has died of brain cancer.

 

Jayci Yaeger lived long enough to see her father, Jason Yaeger, earlier this week.

 

Jason Yaeger is serving a four-year sentence in a federal prison in Yankton, S.D., on drug charges and is scheduled to be released next year.

 

He appealed to prison authorities and the courts -- and even asked President Bush for clemency -- to be transferred to halfway house closer to Nebraska in order to spend time with his daughter, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

 

Inmate?€™s daughter loses fight against cancer - News - Local - The Columbus Telegram - Columbus, Nebraska's Community Newspaper

hugo Newbie

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Jayci was in the last stages of a seven-year fight with cancer. She had been unresponsive since last week at a Lincoln hospice.

 

The father committed the crime when his daughter was battling cancer. You can't give breaks to parents of sick children. May she RIP.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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Jayci was in the last stages of a seven-year fight with cancer. She had been unresponsive since last week at a Lincoln hospice.

 

The father committed the crime when his daughter was battling cancer. You can't give breaks to parents of sick children. May she RIP.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman

 

 

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison

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