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| Lawsuit raises phone call questions |
| By United Press International |
| Published: 12/31/2008 |
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DELAWARE - Legal analysts say the starvation death of a parrot is raising questions about the rights of prisoners in the United States to communicate with the outside. Thomas Goodrich filed a lawsuit contending that his pet bird, Freddy, died while he spent nearly two weeks in a Delaware lockup unable to make phone calls to ask friends to feed the parrot. Goodrich was picked up on a misdemeanor warrant during a traffic stop in 2006 and wound up spending 12 days in custody at the Young Correctional Institute. He was issued a PIN number for the facility phone, but the lawsuit contended the number did not work and the red tape involved in getting a replacement number left him unable to call out. Corrections officials had no comment on the federal court lawsuit, which seeks $500,000 in damages. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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