Comments on: Inmate Has Brief Visit With Dying Daughter

Warden Grants Him Supervised Half-Hour At Her Bedside

[aggiekat2004]

"Dear God" from the band XTC...

Dear God, hope you got the letter, and...
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don''t mean a big reduction in the price of beer
but all the people that you made in your image, see
them starving on their feet ''cause they don''t get
enough to eat from God...

Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard
loud and clear. We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
and all the people that you made in your image, see them fighting
in the street ''cause they can''t make opinions meet about God...

[sunseeker6]

I am all for doing your time, however this is a special case and he should be allowed visits. To not let the father see is Daughter is punishing her. That is her final wish- to see her Father. And Ranger1948, my Husband has been a Prison Guard for almost 20 years. His opinion was the Warden was just flexing his/her power. The Warden does have the right and other Wardens have done so in the past for similiar circumstances. This Warden is a jerk but at least the press has done something right (my belief the visit happened because of media attention).

[sheila1346]

When a man is separated from his dying child because of hard core bureaucratic paperwork it is time we reevaluate our penal system. Keeping people locked up with out the counseling or education they need to make it in the real world is absolutely wrong. Live in drug rehab programs (one to two years)that are not connected with the prison system, really work but we no longer have them due to politics and greed. We now lock people up for years with no rehab "Letting them work for cents on the dollar" instead. This helps the corporations but does nothing for society as a whole. This story illustrates how corrupt our penal system really is.

[guysdigdirt]

god''''s not going to save anyone. never has, never will. HOW DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?

The guy with the sick daughter was probably selling drugs to pay for her medical care. THIS THOUGHT CROSSED MY MIND TOO, AND IF THAT BE THE CASE I FEEL DEEPLY SORRY FOR THEM BOTH, WELL I FEEL DEEPLY SORRY FOR THEM BOTH ANYWAY BUT IF HE WAS JUST A CRACKHEAD THEN I FEEL MORE SORRY FOR HER THAN HIM.
Posted by hereticzero

[guysdigdirt]

If there is a god, he''''s got a lot of explaining to do.
Posted by oleander8

How is that? Did he cause the father to be a criminal? Did he cause whatever it was that created her cancerous situation? Do you believe you have more understanding and knowledge than a supreme being who is the creator of all the architect of the entire plan?

[suszanlynnn]

http://www.kolnkgin.com/news/headlines/17045176.html

Dear Editor,

I have just learned that little Jayci Yeager was allowed to see her father one last time before God takes her to her new home.

While 20 minutes is not alot of time to spend with her father before she goes, in the end little Jayci got her dieing wish and that is what matters.

Little Jayci can now rest comfortable and know that her father was there and that he will always be with her, and her with him.

I do hope that in the future society has learned from this and that even though some of us make mistakes, there are times that regardless of what we have done some things take precedence over others and that the end result is what matters and what is important.

I would like to say thank you to Warden Whitehead and the others for allowing Mr. Yeager the time he needed with his daughter, and for granting this little girl her dieing wish.

Little Jayci may now lay her head down and allow the Angles to take her to a special place were she will now watch over her mom, her sister and her father until they meet again.

God Bless you little Jayci you will never be forgotten, and you will forever live on in our hearts and in out prayers.

Susan Manis
Pearland Texas
281-412-6660

[oleander8]

If there is a god, he''s got a lot of explaining to do.

[gopack443]

aggiekat2004. Did the war on drugs save your niece? of course not. If drugs laws stopped drugs or at least made them difficult to get maybe they would be worth it but in reality all they do is keep cops and prison guards employed wile wasting uncountable amounts of tax money on nothing.
The laws are doing more harm than the drugs, it''s time for a fresh look at what to do.

[hereticzero-2009]

god''s not going to save anyone. never has, never will.

The guy with the sick daughter was probably selling drugs to pay for her medical care. The cost of staying alive makes more criminals whenever the misery index goes up, so does crime. I feel very sorry for the inmate and his kid.

[ranger1948]

You people coming down on the warden do not understand the legal system. He has rules and regulations to follow. Sure this is a sad case for the dying girl but don''t blame the warden. He doesn''t make the rules he does have to obey them. They asked president bush to intercede but he has done nothing and he has the power to do so. I do not feel sorry for the father, he should have thought about his family before he committed the crime. I think the warden has shown compassion for this little girl and should be commended for it.

[jcavalier30]

Warden, if you''re reading this article please understand that holding this man''s release for only 1 left to do his time is ridicoulas to me. Please let him go so he can be by his daughter''s side until GOD call her home. Who knows...where as the doctors are saying that she''s brain dead, GOD can turn it all around for the better for this family. If daddy is there and as this article stated that the child must have known that her father was there by the raising of her heart rate just may bring her back to them. Please have a heart and do right by this family. It''s not like he''s trying to get out to go home, he''s trying to support his daughter and his wife in a time of need.

[advanceus]

The important thing is that he was there. Hopefully, she knew it. There is nothing worse in this world than a child dying. My heart goes out to all of them.

[jcavalier30]

GOD is good. I responded to this article when I first read it and he was allowed to see his daughter eventhough the visit was for only 30 minutes and he will also have 2 other visits to see her. Thank you warden for being so compasionate enough to understand the severity of the situation. I know that he/she has children and if he was in this man''s shoes he would have wanted to see his child as well.

[undermyboot]

If his name was "Scooter Libby" he would have had compassionate Clemency years ago. Vote Republican! They look out for the people who really matter!

[ramos937]

The father did the crime and should do the time. The daughter is an innocent in all of this and to punish her by denying his visits is stupid, mean and vindicative. As shown, the visits can be supervised by law enforcement. I am confident that enough officers could be found to volunteer for this duty. Not for his sake but for hers. I hope the warden''s superiors make note of his actions.

[aggiekat2004]

I''m glad they let him see her...it''s not HER fault that he''s where he''s at.

Commuting the sentence? No. But showing compassion and letting him see his dying daughter is okay. I''m sure he''s beating himself up enough right now...probably a sentence WORSE than prison itself.

[usmc1968]

I have read some of the heartless negative comments on this story and it never ceases too amaze me how many biblical goats arrogantly go thru life thinking on judgment day they will not have too answer to Jesus for their heartlessness, the bible clearly states ignore the poor, naked, hungry and those sick and in prison at your own mortal souls peril, and Jesus will not know you and God will not look upon your sin as you get cast too the lake of fire for eternity.

[aggiekat2004]

gopack443...there NEEDS to be a war on drugs. My 12-year-old niece was doing meth, coke, smoking pot, doing ecstasy. Then she propositioned a 28-year-old man, offering him "favors" for $100.

Yes, it''s bad parenting...but meth especially is dangerous...it leads to NOTHING good...it''s destroying the younger generation.

[mark46n]

What really saddens me is when little kids like this get a life ending illness. It''s like the song by Brookes and Dunn God must be busy. I think the warden did the right thing by letting him go and see her. If the guy committed a non violent crime and was just busted for buying for his own use which I doubt because he''s in Federal prison they should commute his sentence and let him be with his daughter. Halfway houses are very strict and you have limited freedoms so give him the chance and if he blows it send him right back.

[aggiekat2004]

My kid brother was committed to the state hospital only an hour ago...after a life of crime that has never been punished, a history of blaming others for his problems, alcoholism and drug use that affects everyone in our family.

We have BEGGED mental health officials, the police, the hospital where he ends up with a .434 blood alcohol level, the state hospital, yet no one will do anything about him. He''s recently refused four offers of rehab because they''re "faith-based."

My family is a good family...educated, honest, and law abiding.

However, it broke my heart to put my 12-year-old niece in a lock-down residential treatment center for troubled girls with *** and drug issues...because his problems were never addressed. He should''ve been locked up YEARS ago, but unfortunately his rights are too precious to the system, and our rights mean nothing.

The system is broken. We''re also tired of "poor pitiful me" who can''t take responsibility...a dangerous trend with our youth.