Girl's Dying Wish Denied; Imprisoned Father Not Coming Home

[RamboLiberal]

Source: KETV

A 10-year-old Lincoln girl dying of brain cancer has one wish -- for her father to be at her bedside.

It isn't likely to happen. Her father is in a federal prison in Yankton, S.D.

Vonda Yaeger is pleading with the warden for compassion to grant her daughter's wish.

"She wants her dad. She goes to her room crying because she wants her dad," Yaeger said.

Jason Yaeger was convicted of methamphetamine charges nearly five years ago and is scheduled to be released next year.

Read more: http://www.ketv.com/family/15643474/detail.html

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Oh good grief. A friggin' drug charge. Let him out and put him on an ankle monitor. That's what I hate, the rules are rules and no common sense can intervene officialdom! Idiots! And he's scheduled for a half way house in August - hasn't any of these idiots figured out that mercy in this case could lead to a better outcome and keeping this guy in prison while his daughter is dying could lead to bitterness and a greater chance this guy goes back to using drugs or does some other crime and ends up back in prison!

[mediaman007]

1. Republican family values!

Only in the womb!

[williesgirl]

2. This is bullshit. They should let him out to be with her. I agree the outcome will be better if he

can. rec'd

[JI7]

3. on drug charges ? i was thinking it would be murder , rape

or some other violent crime.

but fucking drug charges ???????

is there anything we can do about this ?

[RamboLiberal]

5. Looks like story is getting reaction

Lincoln, NE- Support from all over the country is coming in to the family of Jayci Yaeger. She's the 10 year old girl dying of cancer who wants to see her daddy one last time. People have been calling and emailing the South Dakota prison where her father is serving time.

The family is in a race against time and red tape to free him so she can say good bye and rest in peace. Her mother, Vonda Yaeger says, "The tumors are growing and hemorrhaging, and right now nothing they can do for her, just keep her comfortable."

Cancerous brain tumors have taken over and Jayci Yaeger moved into a Lincoln hospice this week. Her mother can only watch as her daugther slowly disappears. A girl, who just six months ago was vibrant and energetic. Vonda says, "It's really hard to say it, but it's time now and she doesn't need to suffer anymore. She needs to be where she can be peaceful and happy and not in pain."

Jayci isn't ready to go just yet. She's got one more thing to do before she dies, hug her daddy. "She's very scared, and Ithink she's holding on for her father," says Vonda.

http://www.kmtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8037384

There is something we can do though - contact your elected representative and demand compassion for an innocent child. Her father is not asking to be released, merely to see his daughter one last time

The prison is in South Dakota, home of DailyKos alumn Stephanie Herseth, but because it's a federal prison, any elected member of Congress could make the difference - contact your representatives today, and tomorrow, and every day until something is done about this travesty of justice

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/19/22108/2492/664/480387

Hope these damn officials find their soul before it is too late for Jayci!

[JI7]

6. thank you, i will contact some right away and ask others to do the same

[rocktivity]

11. I thought he was doing hard core time, too

and he's getting out next year anyway? Let the guy visit his daughter! He can't be let out long enough to spend even a couple of hours with her???

A year ago, a guy was let out of jail to donate a kidney to his dying son. However, he left the hospital and went on the lam with his mistress. Fortunately, another suitable kidney was found in time, the son survived, and they caught the bastard a few weeks later. So he'll be spending at least his next twenty-five Father's Days in jail.

:headbang:
rocknation

[sharki]

83. CALL, WRITE, EMAIL. FLOOD THEM TO HELP THIS GIRL

CALL, WRITE, EMAIL. FLOOD THEM TO HELP THIS GIRL

Executive Administrative Staff
Email: YAN/[e-mail]

Write the Warden personally:
WARDEN WHITEHEAD
FPC YANKTON FEDERAL PRISON CAMP
PO BOX 680
YANKTON SD 57078

Yankton FPC
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Senator Tim Johnson [phone]
Senator John Thune [phone]
Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth [phone]
The Yankton (18th) district state delegates:
Jean Hunhoff (senate -R) Business: 605-668-8312
Garry Moore (house - D) Business: 605-665-3294
Charlii Gilson (house - R) Business 605-260-1600

[np33]

126. I agree

If it was some type of violent crime and he was serving a life sentence then I could understand their unwillingness but a f-ing drug charge!

[Horse with no Name]

4. Fuck this War on Drugs

:cry:

[pitohui]

55. he was a meth manufacturer, does that change your answer?

meth and crack dealers are destroying communities and families, they are not sweet peaceful men sniffing the flowers and hugging their daughters

[redqueen]

57. Not mine. If our gov't dealt with drugs RESPONSIBLY instead of making an industry

out of private prisons... he might not have been able to turn to such a lucrative underground trade.

[pitohui]

59. crack and meth dealers are armed and violent

how do you deal with them "responsibly" other than removing them from the community?

[redqueen]

60. www.americandrugwar.com

Do you know how pervasive the meth problem is in Amsterdam?

[pitohui]

62. don't know and don't care as i don't live in amsterdam

i live in america, specifically new orleans, and virtually all of the violent crime (other than creeps killing their wives) is caused by armed gangs involved in drug manufacturing, drug selling, and robbing of vets, doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals to get drugs

i'm sick of this shit

maybe folks in lincoln, nebraska are sick of the shit too

no addict was ever cured or changed by enabling him -- the father MUST pay the price of participating in the meth industry

[redqueen]

65. That crime is caused by PROHIBITION.

Educate yourself.

[High Plains]

79. And all of us must pay the price of drug prohibition.

How's that prison budget coming?

$40 billion a year for drug prohibition. How'w that working for you?

Say, how about all the violence around alcohol distribution--oh, wait, there isn't any anymore, since they ended Prohibition.

Get real; it's not the drugs that account for most of this, but the way we deal with them.

And allowing the father leave to see his dying daughter is "enabling" the "addict"? People who believe and would say something as cruel as that probably deserve all the shit that falls on them.

[atreides1]

67. While True of Most

Can you say the same about this particular case? Was there also a weapons charge? Besides the meth making was he violent toward anyone?


"The family said that what makes the situation even more difficult is that Jason Yaeger is scheduled to be transferred to a half-way house in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in August. That would make it possible to visit Jayci, but her mother said it will probably be too late."

Seeing as to how he only received a 5 year sentence and is scheduled to be transferred to a half-way house, I would guess that there were no aggravated charges, which is what happens when violence or weapons charges are involved.

[Tempest]

71. Where did you get he was making meth?

There's nothing in the article on what the actual charges were, and I couldn't find anything on the Internet about his case.

[redqueen]

74. Probably the same place I read it - pitohui.

Let's hope they come forward with the source for that claim.

[Tempest]

75. Don't hold your breath

Wild-ass claims is all they have.

[Tempest]

70. Where is your proof this guy was armed and violent?

For all you know he was a casual user.

Yet another gross generalization on your part.

[bean fidhleir]

81. This isn't about him, it's about his daughter.

Children don't care what the world thinks about their parents, they only care about their parents.

[duhneece]

96. self delete

[duhneece]

97. Amen

This is one horribly sad example of the mistaken War on Drugs policies.

[StevieM]

7. This is just plain evil (eom)

[JI7]

8. RamboLiberal

maybe you can post this in GD with request to others to contact represtatives.

[RamboLiberal]

12. Done - in GD

I'm going to do some emailing tomorrow to reps.

[PetraPooh]

9. I would agree with you if it was pot or 'shrooms, but meth? I got no sympathy.

Just my thing I guess, but I draw the line at anything that is converted from its natural form into crystalline or pill form. I got no sympathy whatsoever. I also wonder if his and or her mother's drug use were somewhat to blame for her cancer. Don't know the stats on the mother, so I'm not judging, just wondering.

[RamboLiberal]

13. Fine - but why punish the kid?

And it's not like this guy won't be in a halfway house in August. And he's scheduled to be out next year. I'm no fan of any illegal drug except for marijauna, but I also think the law has to have some mercy and common sense! Show him mercy and maybe he will be grateful and stay clean. Keep him in jail and his daughter dies w/o him and you're probably going to have a bitter man more likely to use and/or deal drugs when he gets out.

[PetraPooh]

14. Why blame the warden? The father's the cause of the punishment, even if

bleeding hearts want to pretend it belongs elsewhere.

[JI7]

15. we aren't asking he be released entirely, just enough to visit his daughter

[PetraPooh]

17. I'm sure the girl can visit him in jail. I don't see a problem here except a stupid and thoughtless

father.

[RamboLiberal]

18. She can't visit him cause she's in a hospice Sherlock!

And on previous visits for a short period of time it's cost the family hundreds of dollars for the travel to visit him!

[PetraPooh]

21. Sorry but this quote would imply that isn't an issue with visitation.

"Jayci Yaeger has been allowed three escorted visits with her father, but each trip lasts only a couple of hours and costs the family hundreds of dollars. Requests for longer furloughs have been denied."

and I don't see anything that indicates that it has changed regarding her ability. Perhaps you should all get together and donate a few hundred dollars so she can go visit a few more times.

[MADem]

41. I agree with your take on the matter. Donations to a visitation fund would

allow the child to see her father.

[rocktivity]

47. DING DING DING! MADem, you're our grand prize winner!

Donations to a visitation fund would allow the child to see her father.

I think thirty days is too much, but I don't see why there couldn't be one-hour visits, say, every two or three weeks. Donations could cover the cost of a police escort. The guy isn't a violent offender, he's served the bulk of his sentence, and if he has a good record of behavior in the prison, I don't his daughter is asking too much.

:headbang:
rocknation

[PetraPooh]

103. Except it was MY recommendation, not MADem's. So thank you, I try to help in sensible ways.

[zanne]

45. Your compassion warms the cockles of my heart, Petra. nt

[Occulus]

48. And a bit earlier, you said "bleeding hearts"

and now you're saying "Perhaps you should all".

Your word usage is.... interesting.

[PetraPooh]

102. Just trying to suggest something that might actually work. I'm not sure

how that reflects on my word usage.

[Horse with no Name]

115. I thought I was the only one who caught that

so I left it alone...

[joeglow3]

66. You realize that was BEFORE she was confined to a hospital bed???

[PetraPooh]

108. Confined? I don't see anything regarding being confined.

[RamboLiberal]

92. She's in a hospice - ABC has picked up the story

"I am sorry for what I have done,'' he said. "I'm not asking to get out of my sentence - just to go from one place of imprisonment to another so I can be with my family.''

"Jayci is sitting in a hospice fighting for her life and thinks she is holding on for me to get there,'' an emotional Jason Yaeger said.

"She wants me and needs me and I want to be there with her on her last day."

Yaeger said he's grateful for one saving grace - that he gets to talk to Jayci daily.

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4490468&page=1

[JI7]

19. this is a case where we should make an exception for the

father.

[PetraPooh]

20. I disagree. I don't think exceptions should be made with regard to meth convictions.

[man4allcats]

22. Was your mother frightened by a meth freak

when she was carrying you or what?! Give me a fucking break! I'm not inclined to be soft on criminals, but your posts on this topic are despicable!

[PetraPooh]

23. No, I was a tweaker. Personal experience and all.

[man4allcats]

24. I think something got mistweaked. n/t

[PetraPooh]

25. Why? because I'm answering from the position of knowledge rather than

a position of bleeding heart?

[man4allcats]

26. Figure it out.

I'd tell you, but they'd probably tombstone me.

[PetraPooh]

27. Oh, pulleeze. Do you have a position of knowledge or experience?

If not, why should I change my position to suit yours. That would simply make me an ignoramus.

[man4allcats]

28. Let's see - how to put this eruditely...

Blow it out your - Oops! I guess I can't say that here.

[PetraPooh]

30. Wow, another reason not to consider you POV valid at all. I had no doubt

but I surely appreciate the confirmation. Just out of curiosity do you have a valid argument to my point, or just anger and name calling?

[man4allcats]

31. Your lack of compassion and failure to comprehend

the basic concept of justice tempered with mercy do anger me. As to calling you names, don't tempt me.

[PetraPooh]

32. What I comprehend is that compassion for this man or an attempt to shift blame

for his girls heartache to the "system" is totally the wrong choice.

[man4allcats]

50. I remember when I was a child

I too used to think everything was black or white, but then I matured.

[pitohui]

64. so many people want to enable, petrapooh

it's my opinion that shifting blame from the father is enabling and not true compassion at all, it does seem harsh but unfortunately at the end of the day do addicts get well if they are enabled and allowed to manipulate people's feelings so that they can escape the consequences of their actions?

not normally, i don't think!

[Political Heretic]

99. addicts don't get well by incarcerating them, either.

[PetraPooh]

100. Thank you for grasping my point. Well said.

[olddad56]

78. So maybe you should be locked up.

If you were a tweeker, does that mean you aren't now? And if you aren't now, maybe it is possible that someone else who was a tweeker isn't a tweeker now. Or do you have supernatural powers that enabled only you to get clean.

Maybe this guy who has been locked for a few years and has a young child dying of brain cancer could have an agonizing reappraisal that caused him to make some changes in his life. Maybe not, but my point is that you seem so high and mighty because you cleaned up your act. Others can do the same. You want to pre judge this guy based on your experience. But if you do that, then maybe you should be locked up forever, based on your past.

BTW, 20 years clean and sober here.

[PetraPooh]

104. Perhaps I should've been, that's not the issue here. Tweakers that are doing nothing other

that is wrong, rarely get picked up. And I didn't do anything other, and got out of it on my own before doing anything else illegal. So though everyone here is determined to decide this man is ONLY a meth user; truth is that he probably did something else that brought him to the attention of authorities, like theft, check fraud, or some other non-violent crime to support his habit; but because of a plea bargain was only convicted of the meth charges.

[Tempest]

52. You're generalizing

I know tweakers who hold a steady job, don't steal and are loving and provide for their families.

For all you know, this guy was one of those.


I used meth recreationally in the past and it never interferred with my job or family. Many of my professionally successful friends did as well.

[Gormy Cuss]

53. So I take it because you did your time without any special furloughs, he should too?

[PetraPooh]

105. I did not do any time, I got out before I did anything else illegal. But those that I was

with who didn't stop inevitably all ended up in jail on meth charges, but were picked up by authorities on other charges as well like burglary, check fraud, and larceny. That is why I got out when I did; I couldn't find the justification to harm others to support a stupid habit. Clearly many don't see it that way. Likelihood is, . . . this man did something else illegal that brought his meth use to the attention of authorities and he plea bargained down to just the meth charges.

[Gormy Cuss]

117. That means you were lucky. You should have spent 5 years in jail for possession.

The problem isn't that he gets less time or easier time. The problem is whether as a society placing the burden on a dying child is a good thing. The guy apparently has offered to take twice as many days in prison as part of the deal. It's bad enough that children bear the burden of incarcerated parents. It's just cold to expect his terminally ill child to serve the sentence with him when there is no hope that she'll live long enough for him to get out.

[PetraPooh]

118. Perhaps, . . . see post #104

[Gormy Cuss]

120. No perhaps about it. You did the crime, you should do the time.

You were just lucky that no LE busted you.

[PetraPooh]

123. LE? Don't know what you mean. At any rate, it does nothing for either

of us to believe I should have done some time, and I'm not disagreeing with you. BUT it isn't the issue here. The issue here is that usually "users" are not picked up unless they have also participated in other illegal activities.

[Gormy Cuss]

124. You sit in judgement of someone who was busted by law enforcement, and your behavior is the same.

If you want to reassure yourself that only those who were engaged in more illegal activities are busted, whatever gets you through the night. The fact is some of those in prison on drug charges were guilty of nothing more than you were as a user. You missed it by a whisker. I know others who weren't so lucky and they've done time in Club Fed.

The issue here isn't about users or anyone who was committed. It's about the innocent victims in their wake and whether it's sensible social or criminal policy to visit the sins of the father upon the progeny.

[PetraPooh]

125. Oh, my, you are trying to strawman my stances. Good night.

[eib1]

42. Not if she is prostrate

and in a mortal condition.

[Baby Snooks]

38. Why punish the little girl?

Bleeding hearts at least have hearts. Those who would punish the little girl for her father's mistakes obviously have no hearts.

No offense but yours is the type of response one would expect of a Republican "law and order" type.

[eib1]

43. Because it wants to treat drug use

and drug users like a cancer.
Punish not just the person, but everyone around the person. One way or another.

[Lance_Boyle]

49. Why punish *any* child by sending a parent to prison?

I don't buy that line. The dying girl can visit tweakerdad in prison, as she has done before.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

90. She CANNOT go see him now. She's in a hospice.

[PetraPooh]

106. Exactly! Blame the father, not the system; and make arrangements for visitation.

[pitohui]

61. it's meth, he is not going to stay clean -- esp. not if he's enabled by society

people just gotta enable and they just won't let an addict suffer the consequences of his addiction, will they?

"show him mercy" and what happens is what always happens with addicts, he goes right back to using and selling

[Tempest]

69. A gross, and unfair, generalization

There are thousands of meth addicts who have cleaned up.

In my town there's an employer who received awards for hiring ex-addicts. They are required to take drug tests and have passed every single one.

[High Plains]

80. You are full of shit. You have no idea what you're talking about.

If you're really interested in a smart approach to methamphetamine, check this out:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/FourPillarsMethamphetamine.pdf

And this:

"Meth Treatment Endorsed Over Incarceration"
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2008/03/19/WashingtonDCBureau/345645.html

[file83]

29. Good for you, not having sympathy. And when you arrive at Heaven's gates...

...and that little girl is working the night shift, don't be upset when she doesn't have sympathy for you and doesn't let you in.

Go straight to hell, do NOT pass go, do NOT Collect $200.

[PetraPooh]

33. No GOD, no HELL, no problem for me. I deal with reality, not imaginary friends, et al.

[ConcernedCanuk]

35. Reality is - young girl dying, father scheduled for release in August to a half way house

.
.
.

He's already "done" his time mostly - 5 years ago was his great "sin" of being involved in meth.

Your lack of empathy saddens me.

And that's a fact.

[PetraPooh]

101. Empathy I have, I know he needs to serve his time; however I do lack sympathy.

[Tempest]

51. You're making a big assumption

You have no idea on what the actual charges were.

I get the feeling you're making the assumption he was a dealer. He could have been a casual user for all you know.

He is no threat to anyone in getting released just to see his daughter.

[PetraPooh]

107. Casual users rarely get picked up just for usage; usually some other illegal activity occurred.

[redqueen]

58. Educate yourself.

www.americandrugwar.com

If this corrupt-as-hell government of ours has dealt with drugs responsibly, there wouldn't be as much profit in meth, so this problem wouldn't be such a huge issue.

[RamboLiberal]

93. Gee a Republican Congressman Fortenberry has more compassion

than you. Here's response from prison idiocy to him.

http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/yaeger_bop_080320.pdf

[Bennyboy]

10. Oh My God.....

Ridiculous......

[bluestateguy]

16. I know my family and I feel so much safer now

The American prison establishment is dangerosuly powerful.

[crimsonblue]

34. You forget... the rules are the rules...

unless someone making the rules breaks them... then the rules don't really matter. I think our founders would be ashamed that we are imprisoning addicts... I guess it would be too humane to treat them like humans and help them get the treatment they need.

[rawtribe]

36. God Damn America

Now I get it!


:mad:

[Nutmegger]

37. If we release him, even for a minute, to see his dying daughter

Then we'll be "soft on crime". We need to be "tough on crime", not "soft on crime".

:(

[Uben]

39. two words........Scooter Libby

If they can let an American traitor out of jail (well, he actually never even went to jail), they could damned well make this happen.

[MickBastard]

94. At least he had to answer to the ABA today

and fork over his bar license. That gives me some comfort.

[depakid]

40. Change the color of the faces

See how much sympathy would show up on this board- or anywhere else in America.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

44. Cruel and Inhuman Punishment

More to the dying child than the father. This is sickening.

[cornermouse]

46. contact info webpage for the "Big Guy"

http://www.bop.gov/about/ro/ncr/index.jsp

The North Central Regional Office, overseen by Mike Nalley, is the operational base for the Regional Director, Senior Deputy Regional Director, Regional Counsel, and numerous Regional Administrators. Regional office staff provide technical assistance and support services to field staff at the 19 institutions and 6 community corrections offices in the North Central Region.

contact info webpage for the "Not As Big but Still Big Must Be Nice to Guy"

http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=yan

[proud2BlibKansan]

54. I was thinking he must be a murderer or a terrorist

This is ridiculous. What harm can it do to let his daughter see him? Sheesh.

[redqueen]

56. www.americandrugwar.com

ENOUGH!

:grr:

[liberal renegade]

63. Some people just need their ass kicked.

Any guesses who that might be?

[sharki]

68. Girl's Dying Wish Denied; Imprisoned Father Not Coming Home

The girl’s mother posted this in a different forum:

Contact the prison information: Phone: [phone] Main switchboard; they'll ask if it's in regards to a prisoner; say no and ask for someone the Executive Administrative Staff

email them at: YAN/[e-mail]

Write the Warden personally:
WARDEN WHITEHEAD
FPC YANKTON FEDERAL PRISON CAMP
PO BOX 680
YANKTON SD 57078

Call, write, email. Flood them. I don't even care if they're flooded with negative comments towards Jason. The more they have to deal with the public, the better.
Thanks to all of you who have been so supportive. Jayci is still holding on.

[Tempest]

72. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION

There's a lot of assumptions being made about the father's crime and the only thing the story says is that he was convicted on meth charges.

Where is the evidence he was carrying weapons and violent as one person claims?

Where is the evidence he was making meth as another person claimed?

Where is the evidence he was selling meth as yet another person claimed?

[redqueen]

73. If the people who made those claims don't answer you... alert on them.

:grr:

[Tempest]

76. Naw

Leaving their ignorant posts for all to see is a better punishment.

[joeglow3]

77. I don't know if it is true, but...

...the local radio stations here in Omaha say he manufactured it. Could be BS, though.

[Tempest]

82. Now we're getting somewhere

What are the call signs of the stations, I want to search their web sites and contact them to get the whole story on this guy.

[PetraPooh]

110. I have not read anyone claim those things. All I have suggested is that

casual usage is rarely policed, so I am guessing that he did something else illegal to bring on the attention of the authorities. Since it doesn't give details at all about his conviction or any details about a plea bargain he may have agreed to that might have dropped other charges, I don't think anyone has any accuracies; including no accuracy to the idea he was "just a user." The report says "meth charges" and that could mean just about anything.

[Freddie Stubbs]

84. Too bad her father didn't love her enough to not be a criminal

[superconnected]

86. Yeah, he's been in prison for drug charges. Morally he's guilty of hurting himself.

"Jason Yaeger was convicted of methamphetamine charges nearly five years ago and is scheduled to be released next year."

So let's show no compassion and take it out on the little girl and the father.

You did drugs, you don't deserve to be with your dying child...

Sure.

I expect that from someone like GW or Cheney.

[PetraPooh]

111. You ASS-U-ME that "drug charges" mean casual use; that is not clear and you could be wrong;

he could have been manufacturing and still be called "drug charges," he could have been attempting to mug or burgle someone and plead down to nothing but the drug charges. WE SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW who all he might have hurt or threatened to hurt.

[superconnected]

113. and so you ASS-ume the worst.

Lets agree to disagree.

[PetraPooh]

119. No, the worst would be he is a manufacturer and dealer, I suggest that

he probably did something to support his habit like steal to bring him to the attention of authorities, and plea bargained down to just the drug charges.

[PetraPooh]

112. Exactly!

[sharki]

85. CALL, WRITE, EMAIL. FLOOD THEM TO HELP THIS GIRL

CALL, WRITE, EMAIL. FLOOD THEM TO HELP THIS GIRL

Executive Administrative Staff
Email: YAN/[e-mail]

Write the Warden personally:
WARDEN WHITEHEAD
FPC YANKTON FEDERAL PRISON CAMP
PO BOX 680
YANKTON SD 57078

Yankton FPC
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Senator Tim Johnson [phone]
Senator John Thune [phone]
Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth [phone]
The Yankton (18th) district state delegates:
Jean Hunhoff (senate -R) Business: 605-668-8312
Garry Moore (house - D) Business: 605-665-3294
Charlii Gilson (house - R) Business 605-260-1600

[KamaAina]

87. Bad warden! No donut!

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site states its policy -- that furloughs can be allowed for a family crisis and that decision is left to the warden.

"We've asked them numerous times, 'What is an extraordinary circumstance?'" said Vonda Yaeger. "They danced around it. They don't give you a direct answer."

:grr: :banghead:

edit: emphasis

[Robb]

88. Jason Charles Yeager

Here's a place to start, researchers:

http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Yaeger&Middle=&FirstName=Jason&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0

[superkia]

89. I am amazed at the caring responses this topic has received!

With the amount of poor black people imprisoned for minor drug offenses and their children being left without parents, you would have thought this outrage would be heard more but for some reason it hasn't? Many of these children that try to survive with one parent in jail and the other working two and three jobs aren't getting raised and will most likely fall victim to the same drug problems that have their fathers in jail. I don't think those children are somehow fortunate, their lives will most likely be destroyed over time and spend allot of that time behind bars.

I have nothing against the little girl or her smiling dad but before I jump in to defend her fathers actions, their are many, many more that need to be cared about also. I wish more coverage could be seen about black America instead of only covering the pretty white girls for weeks while black children are dieing just as much if not more and get next to no coverage.

[superconnected]

114. If their kid had brain cancer we'd care. If his kid didn't we wouldn't.

Interesting you don't care if it's a white person but do if it's black.

[superkia]

127. You OBVIOUSLY dont get it! I care about all people and think...

everyone should count,not just a certain race. That was my point and you obviously have some personal issues that wont let you comprehend that!

There is a bigger issue that effects allot of people in these terrible situations, why is that only a certain race gets attention and the rest are ignored. To me the supposed "drug war" is destroying allot of families. I don't think we should only care when the media tells us to, there are many people that have been suffering for a long time and they are still being ignored, so for me they should be addressed before the newest white case. Can you comprehend it now?

Obviously you don't even see your own bias and comprehend only what your biased mind will let you. I'm sorry I care about the big picture and you only care about the white picture, its shameful and you are showing your true colors.

"I have nothing against the little girl or her smiling dad but before I jump in to defend her fathers actions, their are many, many more that need to be cared about also." See where it says cared about "ALSO"!!!!!!

[MickBastard]

91. He is not Johnny Sac(rimoni) n/t

[Karenina]

95. There is so little empathy

so little mercy in what used to be America. I shudder to even think what will happen when the full force of the economic crash hits.

[bronxiteforever]

121. Exactly!

[Political Heretic]

98. I knew it! When I saw the headline, I said "50 bucks says its a drug charge"

This countries priorities are so fucking screwed up.

[Demonaut]

109. do the crime do the time....

it's better if an example is made that when your kid gets brain cancer then don't break the law










plse read as sarcasm

[Horse with no Name]

116. This "used" to be a website of bleeding hearts

What happened to all of them?
There are a few that are revealing a little much about themselves in this post, if you asked me.

[sandyd921]

122. Major repuke characteristic: inflexible robotic behavior

n/t

[Robb]

128. INTERVIEW: Yaeger talks to news

http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8048317

Says he's still an addict, but has God now...

Seems to me the jail is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Yaeger's technically asking for compassionate release (to halfway house, yes, but out of jail). Courts sent him to jail, not halfway house.

Prison doesn't have the authority to overrule judges, which on balance is a good thing. Tough to sort out.

[superconnected]

129. About him saying hes still an addict.

doesn't alchoholics anomymous make people say they are alchoholics long after they quit drinking? I think they believe they are alchoholics for life.

That may be the kind of therapy this person has. He may realize he is someone who is prone to addiction and refers to himself as an addict per his therapy.

[Gormy Cuss]

131. I wouldn't want to be in the warden's shoes.

Maybe scheduled, supervised visits weekly until she dies would be a compromise. I would assume that she has a doctor willing to go on the record with a projection of her expected time remaining. The docs don't always call it very accurately but it sounds like she's in a very late stage.

[man4allcats]

130. To anyone who would like to write on this child's behalf:

If you would like to write your senators or representatives on behalf of this little girl but don't have time to put it all together, I offer below for anyone's use, in whole or in part, the letter I wrote. Edit as appropriate and send it off via email or snail mail as you prefer. Most people on this site know how to contact their elected representatives. I always pull up the contact info for mine from USA.gov. The letter follows:

I am writing to ask your assistance in a matter involving a little girl who is dying from brain cancer and whose father is in a federal prison in Yankton, S.D. on drug charges. The little girl's name is Jayci Yaeger. She is 10 years old and is in the final stages of her terminal illness. Her father, Jason Yaeger, is currently scheduled to be transferred to a half-way house in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in August, a date likely too late for his dying child to spend any time with her dad while she is alive. You can read the details of this story at the website of KETV7 (Omaha) here < http://www.ketv.com/family/15643474/detail.html >.

As a federal legislator, I am hoping you will contact the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Warden Whitehead (contact info below) who has the authority, at his discretion, to grant a furlough for a family crisis. As mentioned above, Mr. Yeager is, after all, already scheduled to be moved to a half-way house in August and has a planned complete release date scheduled for sometime next year. He was not convicted of a violent crime and has already completed most of his sentence. The family is not asking for a commutation of any part of the remaining sentence, only perhaps early release to the half-way house so that this man could see his dying child more frequently or, if possible, release on furlough to his family with an ankle monitor so that he could comfort his young daughter in her dying days.

This is not really so much about Mr. Yeager as it is about the dying wish of this 10 year old girl to see her father. It is not easy for me to write this. I am crying as I type thinking about this child. I plead with you now on behalf of her to use your influence as a U.S. Senator/Representative to request that the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Warden Whitehead exercise compassion in this heartbreaking case. Warden Whitehead's contact information follows:

WARDEN WHITEHEAD
FPC YANKTON FEDERAL PRISON CAMP
PO BOX 680
YANKTON SD 57078

Yankton FPC
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Very sincerely yours,

[sarcasmo]

132. Prison Industrial Complex at work again, this is their second thread on the main page.

[man4allcats]

133. Kicking n/t

:kick: