Victoria W. v. Larpenter.U.S. Appeals Court ABORTION Victoria W. v. Larpenter, 369 F.3d 475 (5th Cir. 2004). A female prisoner Plot summary After being cruelly set up crooked detective named Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi) she had whole-heartedly fallen in love with, Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) (Meiko Kaji) is sended to doing hard time in a female prison with 300 prisoners, making her 301. brought a civil rights action challenging a prison's policy of requiring her to obtain a court order if she wanted to receive an elective abortion elective abortion Therapeutic abortion Obstetrics A voluntary interruption of pregnancy before fetal viability, which is performed voluntarily at the request of the mother for reasons unrelated to concerns for maternal or fetal health or welfare; most abortions are The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the policy was reasonably related to legitimate penological pe·nol·o·gy also poe·nol·o·gy n. The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation. [Latin poena, penalty (from Greek interests in helping to maintain inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. security, avoiding prison liability, and conserving prison resources. (Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex, Louisiana) |
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