PA mother of seven dies while serving two-day jail term for kids’ truancy violations
Via: Raw Story
State officials want to know how and why a Pennsylvania woman died while serving a two-day jail term related to her children’s truancy.
Eileen Dinino, a 55-year-old mother of seven, died Saturday at the Berks County Jail in Bern Township, about halfway through the 48-hour sentence she was ordered to serve after her children racked up multiple truancy violations.
A jail staff member found Dinino unresponsive in her bunk while performing blood pressure exams on inmates.
“I cannot understand how someone ends up going to jail,” said state Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks County). “They did not murder someone, they did not steal, they did not commit a felony. How does jail time equate to resolving this particular problem?”
Authorities had filed 55 violations against Dinino after her children missed numerous class days in both Reading and Muhlenberg Township.
Those violations each carry a possible five-day jail term under state law.
“That unfortunately is part of the law in Pennsylvania, and I think it is insanity,” said Christian Leinbach, a Republican Berks County commissioner. “There has got to be a better way to deal with truancy than putting somebody in prison.”
Schwank suggested community service or a fine payment plan as more suitable punishments, and Leinbach urged lawmakers to take action.
“I think there are better ways to deal with nonviolent crimes,” Leinbach said. “I am not even sure, quite frankly, that things like truancy and parking should be criminal offenses, and frankly support legislation that would decriminalize those offenses.”
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Personal Thought:
The problem with ‘fine payment plans’ is the poor people don’t have the money to pay the fines AND/OR the interest, will no doubt end up going to jail.
The city/county/state needs the Revenue, and more poor people will die.
The seven kids had truancy problems BEFORE their mothers death, and now?
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Top 10 Most Beautiful Places to Read Books
Via: EducationBash.com
The Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice
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See the other NINE, here:
http://www.educationbash.com/top-10-most-beautiful-places-to-read-books/
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And my favorite:
Starbucks – Chiang Mai, Thailand, Taepae Gate
It’s not ONLY because I live in Chiang Mai; but right behind Starbucks is Gecko Books, my favorite used book store.
http://seattle99.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/chiang-mai-used-bookstores/
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Vintage Erotica – Image Gallery
Girl reading
1920s
French postcard
Photograph by Pisa, # 450
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See more vintage erotica, HERE:
http://wickedknickers.tumblr.com/
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Reading – Image Gallery
Via: Facie Populi
André Kertész
Child reading comics on a street in New York, 1944
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See more, HERE:
http://www.faciepopuli.com/tagged/Reading
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