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Bail granted for imprisoned HIV-positive pregnant woman in Maine

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Bail granted for imprisoned HIV-positive pregnant woman in Maine This morning, National Advocates for Pregnant Women and Center for HIV Law and Policy, and Elizabeth Frankel and Valerie Wright of the Maine law firm Verrill Dana, LLP, filed an emergency amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief on behalf of 28 public health experts, advocates, and organizations challenging the imprisonment of an HIV positive pregnant woman in order to protect her ?innocent? ?unborn child.? Ms. Quinta Tuleh, a 28 year-old woman from Cameroon, was arrested in January 2009 for allegedly having false immigration documents. Shortly after her arrest, she learned she was both pregnant and HIV positive. On May 14, 2009, instead of sentencing her to ?time served,? which was consistent with the federal sentencing guidelines and the recommendations of her attorney and the United States Attorney?s Office, United States District Court Judge John Woodcock extended Ms...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).