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Federal Prison Warden Denies Inmate Early Release to be with Dying 10-year-old Daughter

By Rachel Plotnick

The prison system in the United States is as flawed as the prison systems in most third world countries.  We are frustrated and saddened by reports of severe overcrowding and staff misconduct.  However, as rampant as those abuses have become, they pale in comparison to the lack of compassion shown by the warden of the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota. Jason Yaeger is one of 837 convicts currently serving time at the Yankton prison.  Jason has nearly a year left to serve on a 5½-year sentence for a methamphetamine conviction, and prison officials plan to release him to a halfway house in August.  Jason's case differs little from the cases of other inmates serving time at the minimum-security facility.  However, unlike most other inmates, Jason's daughter, 10-year-old Jayci Yaeger, is dying of brain cancer and is not expected to live long enough to see her father be released from prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).