Kay Henson (spanking mom) back in WI jail. Freep the heck out of Wisconsin!

CP Prosecutions ^ | July 17-18, 2002 | Various

[cherrycapital]

(July 17, 2002, Family Advocacy Center)

This is an emergency notification regarding yet another arrest and incarceration of Kay Henson by her probation officer in the Walworth County jail. Kay is on probation because she spanked her ten year old son with her hand and was charged with felony child abuse. Upon the advice of counsel, she pled guilty to simple battery and was placed on probation (yes, she regrets it). PO Eileen has repeatedly violated Kay's probation for specious reasons unrelated to the terms of her probation for the retaliatory purposes of throwing Kay in jail. Kay is nursing her infant daughter, and each time she is incarated, county jail officials refuse to provide her with a breast pump to prevent breast engorgement, mastitis and infection.

It all started when Kay had been contacted by Warner Brothers requesting her appearance on a talk show. PO Haffey vehemently opposed Kay's travel out of Wisconsin as well as Kay's disclosures to the media regarding Ms. Haffey's and CPS abuses of power and wanton disregard for the limits of their authority and the attenant violations of Kay's rights. The most recent incarceration is a direct result of yet another anonymous report of child neglect against Kay alleging her 2 1/2 year old was in the street. Multiple witnesses observed a police officer take the child off of the sidewalk before bringing her to Kay's house and informing her that he had rescued the child from the street.

PO Haffey showed up at Kay's door with a CPS caseworker and insisted that if Kay did not allow the caseworker into her home, that she would consider it a violation of her probation. It was at this point that American Family Advocacy Center director Suzanne Shell was called and participated by telephone. During the 'investigation,' Kay was instructed by the PO that if she did not answer the question, it would be considered a violation of her probation. At this point, Ms. Shell instructed Kay to get her attorney on the phone, and the PO went ballistic and advised Kay that if she did get her attorney on the phone, it would be considered a violation of her probation. Ms. Haffey expressly refused to recognized a properly executed power of attorney appointing Ms. Shell as Kay's agent. After a direct confrontation with Ms. Shell, the PO advised Kay to get her attorney on the phone. (this entire conversation is completely documented on audio tape)

After Kay had responded to questions directly related to the allegation, the caseworker began asking questions related to conducting a risk assessment. Ms. Shell and Kay's attorney stopped that line of questioning. PO Haffey was angry and an appointment was set up for today to complete the interview.

Kay filed a temporary restraining order against her PO and CPS before appearing at that meeting. Kay and Slade have also assigned temporary guardianship of their children and the children have been transported to a secret location for their safety. This has also angered PO Haffey.PO Haffey's response was to have Kay thrown in jail. She has filed a writ of habeas corpus which has not been decided yet. Kay is still in jail and her pain increases as each hour passes.

There are several complaints associated with the most recent incarceration of Kay:

1.Eileen Haffey's unprofessional conduct of overstepping her boundaries by making demands of Kay that are not included in the terms of her probation and outside the defined scope of her duties. (see below)

2. Eileen Haffey's repeated threats of incarceration for specious reasons which constitute continued violations of the rights of Kay Henson and her husband, Slade. (Haffey demanded proof of Slade's earnings or else she would violate Kay's probation.)

3. The refusal of jail personnel to provide Kay with needed medical intervention; specifically a breast pump. The imposition of cruel and unusual punisment by forcing Kay's medical condition to deteriorate to increasingly painful levels without providing the simple and inexpensive treatment to prevent that pain - a breast pump.

4. Eileen Haffey's refusal to honor a properly executed power of attorney without the requisite authority supporting that refusal.

5. Eileen Haffey's unprofessional conduct by allowing her personal feelings for Kay to influence her profession actions.

We encourage interested parties to contact the responsible parties listed below and make their comments:

Walworth County Probation Officer Eilene Haffey phone number 262-741-6370

Walworth County Probation Office fax number 262-723-5671 (one supervisor's name is Jon Litscher)

Division of Community Corrections

Mr. William J. Grosshans, Administrator

Phone (608) 240-5300

Facsimile: (608) 240-3330

Leonard Henderson, American Family Rights Association:

I have known Kay Henson for 2 years during her battle with the Wisconsin CPS. Kay has been counseling with Suzanne Shell. Kay is a member of AFRA.

The Emergency Message I put out yesterday for a Temporary Custody form was to GET HER KIDS out of Wisconsin FAST before the big trap snapped.

Kay sent me her documents at 5:23 am July 17, 2002. I have assembled her documents and the email from Suzanne Shell at- http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/members/wisconsin/index.html

I don't know if Kay had opportunity to file these documents before she was arrested.

Please read the documents so you can get a feel for what has been going on. The main thing is Warner Brothers wanted to fly Kay out to California to do a TV show on what Wisconsin has been doing to her. Kay had to get permission from her probation officer. This attack appears to be retribution for Kay's efforts and intent to expose Wisconsin's corruption.

We all need to let Wisconsin know that American Family Rights Association are watching their shenanigans.

We encourage interested parties to contact the responsible parties listed above and make their comments.

Suzanne Shell (Family Advocacy Center), July 18:

Kay called me this morning. She was told that someone could bring in a breast pump for her. Two of her friends tried but were refused. Her upper chest is now red and her breasts do no fit in her nursing bra any more. She has repeatedly requested to see a doctor and been denied. She is now in solitary because she has a 'hair tie' (like a weave) and the demand she removes it from her hair. She is willing but can't do it herself so they are threatening to hold her down and cut her hair off.

Kay is a Messianic Jew and they do not cut their or their children's hair for religious reasons. She is now in solitary and on a hunger strike for their refusal to allow her access to needed medical treatment, for their blatant disregrad of her devoutly held religious beliefs and for her illegal incarceration.

PO Eileen Hagffey has been removed from her case and a new PO (Kathy something) has been assigned. No news on the writ of habeas corpus. Suzanne is out of the office this morning and will return with more information this afternoon. We urge you to contact the Walworth County probation office, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Walworth County jail regarding this atrocity.

The children are still safely hidden and Kay reports that if Slade tells the probation office where they are, Kay will be released. Please show Kay and Slade your support in this trying time.

(Suzanne Shell, Family Advocacy Center, July 18 evening)

Kay is still in jail and has been refused access to a breast pump and a doctor. A doctor even called the jail and advised them that Kay needed a breast pump. AFAC is obtaining an affidavit from that Dr. and from the friends who attempted to provide Kay with a breast pump (Jail officials said it looked like a bomb and refused to give it to Kay)

She was served with the notice of revocation which states the following (paraphrased) reasons:

Violation item 1 of her probation by failing to adequatly supervise 2 1/2 year old Aliyah as evidence by the anonymous report to CPS

Violaiton item 1 of her probation terms- child neglect - inadquate supervision of her children when she allowed them to be placed with persons unknown to her in a location unkown to her. (the location of the children is known to the legal guardian. Kay was not advised of their location in order to protect her)

Violation item 1 of her probations terms - child neglect - by allowing her seven month old nursing daughter to be placed out of her care without adequate assurances that she would be recieving appropriate nutrition. (WHAT HYPOCRACY - They jail her and not allow her to nurse the baby and THAT'S not neglect or abuse?) For those who have commented that perhaps Kay should just cooperate - she was. That is what got her into this predicament. PO Haffey just doesn't like Kay (Yes, Kay is crass and a gut-busting riot but her heart is righteous) and obviously believes it's ok to use her power to hurt Kay, Slade and five innocent children.

Kay has been advised that if Slade is at the home tomorrow with the children, Kay will be released. Those of us who know CPS can reasonably suspect it is a trap to take custody of the children based on the allegations of neglect stated above. At least if Kay fights the revocation of her probation, the state will have to prove these allegations BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. If she wins, it will establish her right to refused entry to CPS agents even though she is on probation. The State of Wisconsin obviously has no qualms about manipulating family relationships to punish a mom who knows her rights.

The Probation office and the jail are quite miffed at the show of support which has been evidenced by your calls, faxes an emails. They are retaliating agianst Kay. We are doucmenting this retaliation. She doesn't want you to stop even though she is facing nine months in jail.

Friday - we must contact the Wisconsin Governor McCallum's office and the media about this abuse of power. Plead for a pardon for Kay or, alternatively, a stay of execution on the revodation of her probation. LET THIS MOTHER GO HOME TO HER CHILDREN. She is not a felon - she is a pastor's wife! She spanked her son, who needed the spanking. Her children need her, and her continued incaration is in direct contradiction to the published goal of probation to strengthen the family. Be sure to give appropriate credit to PO Eileen Haffey for her role in the atrocity.

Advise them we will contact the media - then do it. Call the talk radio show hosts in WI. Contact the newspapers. AFAC will be sending out press releases, too. You all have been wonderful, let's keep the pressure on.

contact info:

Office of the Governor 115 East State Capitol

Madison, WI 53702

(608) 266-1212

Fax: (608) 267-8983

page to email http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/contact.asp

[goodieD]

Local government generally take a dim view of homeschoolers because they can't make money of the warm bodies of our children. We had a truant officer bothering us long after I'd filed appropiate papers with the district, and gotten an acknowlegement of receipt.

[CA Conservative]

...And I'd just bet taping a probation meeting without prior consent of the agent is a violation of the rules.

From reading the article, it doesn't appear that this was a "probation meeting". The officer was at the woman's house to facilitate entry by CPS. It cannot be illegal or "against the rules" to tape conversations occurring in your own home, with or without consent. No one who enters your home has any expectation of privacy from you.

It is interesting to see how the "rules" are interpreted, though. I had a friend who was having some problems with a CPS worker. She would talk to the worker on the phone, and when she read the report to the court, the conversations were never reported correctly, always slanted against her. So she taped some of the conversations to prove her point (I listened to the tape and read the case worker's report to the court - the case worker flat-out lied.) When she presented the evidence to the caseworker's supervisor, instead of disciplining the caseworker for filing a false report, they wanted to prosecute my friend for wiretapping.

As a further irony, CPS called me to interview me about the incident. When they got to court, they had a tape of the interview - made without my knowledge or consent. So they were going to try to convict my friend for taping them without consent - by using a tape they made without my consent! (The wiretapping charge was eventually dropped.)

[tickles]

It is a high burden of proof, but if they have tapes of the probation agent creating new probation requirements on the fly, they probably have a case.

I forgot to address this: the probation officer fills out a form each visit for the probationer. It carries the standard clauses--no alcohol, no drugs, blah blah blah--but it also has a large blank space in which the probation agent can write other specific conditions of probation and these can be modified, added to and deleted at each visit. Before the probationer can leave the office, the probationer has to sign the form. If the probationer refuses to sign, the probation officer puts the probationer in cuffs, calls the police department for transport and the probationer is put in jail. The first week in jail is at the probation officer's authority; the second week has to be authorized by the PO's supervisor. The third week in jail is authorized out of the corrections dept. in Madison. I'd have to look it up to verify, but the probation revocation has to be started in that third week, although it can be earlier. And I'd just bet taping a probation meeting without prior consent of the agent is a violation of the rules.
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If they do have a tape of the PO making up new rules on the fly, then there would be no paper signed that already had those 'rules' on them on the previous visit. I don't see anything about the person refusing to sign. but I could have missed it.

As a word of advice tho, if you have a paper to sign with a large blank space meant for them to write 'instructions' or such in , fill in the large blank with a big x or something rather then leave it blank so something cannot be added after you sign, another thing would be to state by your signature how many pages are in the document you signed, and get a copy. (been burned, but not in a criminal matter)

[Catspaw]

Kay is nursing her infant daughter, and each time she is incarated, county jail officials refuse to provide her with a breast pump to prevent breast engorgement, mastitis and infection.

I had to reread the press release, but this is not the first time she's been in jail in this matter.

In essence, the conditions of probation are whatever the PO says they are, whether they're on the fly or not. Don't comply, you go to jail.

As I said, that's why some of the more experienced jailbirds take jailtime rather than probation. PO's have enormous power over the probationer's life.

[Catspaw]

LOL! I'm not on probation. But some of our clients are. If the agent doesn't make a big X or draw a line through the empty space, they're instructed to do so themselves before the sign the rules.

That goes for ANY document with blank spaces.

[spokanite]

Why do I have this strange feeling that you don't have kids???

[cherrycapital]

I suspect breast pumps were invented before the child-snatching Gestapo was invented.

[gcruse]

 
I suspect breast pumps were invented
before the child-snatching Gestapo was invented.

I suspect children were disappeared
before the CPS was invented.

[Illbay]

Unfortunately a great many of us here on FR belong to that peculiar species of political afficianado known as "the agendized."

The M.O. on both the Left and Right is approximately the same: If something doesn't fit "the Template" then just cut around the parts that don't fit until it DOES.

And I have to point out that there may be some truth--a LOT of truth--to what these people allege. It's just that I make a practice of being skeptical about those things about which I don't have firsthand knowledge.

[cherrycapital]

I suspect you are not familiar with Calabretta v. Floyd, which was decided in the 9th Federal Circuit in 1999. WI is not in the 9th Circuit, so their CPS employees me still be acting AS IF they have blanket immunity, but they are skating on thin ice because other Circuits can, and likely will, look to Calabretta as a precedent.

[cherrycapital]

I suspect you are not familiar with Calabretta v. Floyd, which was decided in the 9th Federal Circuit in 1999. WI is not in the 9th Circuit, so their CPS employees may still be acting AS IF they have blanket immunity, but they are skating on thin ice because other Circuits can, and likely will, look to Calabretta as a precedent.

[cherrycapital]

Yes, but back then child-snatchers were called criminals. Now they're called civil servants.

[Catspaw]

It's still limited to that crazy, zany 9th circuit. The courts in our circuit may look to it, but it doesn't yet control the 7th.

[Catspaw]

I suspect breast pumps were invented before the child-snatching Gestapo was invented.

So were fingers.

I'd suggest your friend use them before she gets mastitis.

[Dengar01]

Most likely I've gone through there heading north regardless the entire case against this women is incredibly stupid.

[willyone]

You sound like a little JBT. As for you not warning them did you personally advise them of your concerns? If not then you certainly have not warned them of anything. Just shot your mouth off like a true key board commando. Seig Heil Herr Catspaw. You like the sound of that don't you.

[DJ MacWoW]

Oh, and if she's truly desparate about pumping her breasts, she doesn't need a breast pump. It can be done manually, just like handstripping a cow.

OWWWWWW If the milk is already hardening, hand expression isn't possible. It depends on how bad it's gotten. After 6 to 8 hours of not nursing, it's VERY painful.

[DJ MacWoW]

Let me get this straight: Her 2 1/2 year old kid was wnadering around out on the sidwalk and the mother had no idea? What's wrong with her?

My guess is nothing. The article said: "Multiple witnesses observed a police officer take the child off of the sidewalk before bringing her to Kay's house and informing her that he had rescued the child from the street."
CPS doesn't have to tell the truth about anything. They are the new liberal American Gestapo.

[SpinyNorman]

Makes you wonder how humanity survived before breast pumps were invented.

They probably weren't needed until social workers started throwing people in jail for spanking a child!