|
|
| Mom allowed to serve time with baby |
| By Globe and Mail |
| Published: 02/07/2008 |
|
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - In the first case of its kind in B.C. and possibly in Canada, a woman who was given a four-year prison sentence for manslaughter Wednesday is allowed serve her jail term with her newborn. Lisa Anne Whitford, 37, of Prince George, who had a baby last March during her time in custody, fired a fatal shotgun blast at her common-law husband at their home northeast of Prince George in 2006. Dave Lefebvre, communications manager for the Correctional Service of Canada, said the CSC until now had never dealt with a situation in which a jailed mother served her federal sentence with her child. He said he didn't have information about this kind of situation in the federal correctional institutions in other provinces, although a program is set up for it. But he said it was a first for B.C. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think