Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Teacher Won't Keep Baby in Prison > OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The schoolteacher convicted of > raping her 14-year-old student will remain in the > general prison population during her pregnancy and will > not be allowed to care for the child in jail, prison > officials say. > > After confirming that Mary Kay Letourneau is pregnant > again -- she already has one child with the boy -- her > attorney said Mrs. Letourneau wanted to temporarily keep > the baby with her in prison. > > ``It (would) be good for her frame of mind to have the > baby with her for something like six months,'' attorney > David Gehrke told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. ``She > is looking forward to breast-feeding.'' > > But prison policy calls for inmates to be separated from > their children not long after birth, officials said > Monday > > ``We do not have accommodations for babies,'' Patricia > Wachtel, spokeswoman for the Washington Corrections > Center for Women in Purdy. ``Nobody has ever brought > their baby back.'' > > Ms. Wachtel also disputed Gehrke's contention that Mrs. > Letourneau has been moved to the prison infirmary. She > will remain housed with the general population, barring > medical emergencies. > > Mrs. Letourneau must make arrangements for a family > member to care for the child while she serves out her 7 > 1/2-year prison sentence. > > Inmates have access to prenatal care in the prison. Once > they go into labor, they are taken to a local hospital. > > Mrs. Letourneau's original sentence was suspended, but > it was reinstated last month after she was caught with > the boy, a violation of the judge's order. > > Mrs. Letourneau, 36, called friends over the weekend and > told them the boy is the father, but the pregnancy was > unplanned, the newspaper reported. > > The baby girl she bore last May is being reared by the > boy's mother. > > The boy was 13 at the time of the offenses for which > Mrs. Letourneau is serving time. They have said they are > in love and the boy does not consider himself a victim. -- May the leprechauns be near you to spread luck along your way. And may all the Irish angels smile upon you this St. Patrick's Day. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
