In Re Kemmerer’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 10 state decisions

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1. ““Petitioner further alleges that he is confined to Jackson Prison and the sole distinction between his status and that of an ordinary convict is that he is called a ‘visitor’ in accordance with Act No. 165, supra, and that he is kept in a separate cellblock exclusively used for criminal sexual psychopathic persons. He claims that his ‘visit’ has been prolonged and he is asking to have it curtailed. The record indicates that the petitioner is an unfortunate person and, until cured, is unfit to enter society, and that he should be institutionalized until it is both safe for him and society that he be released. He alleges that he is not receiving proper care although the prison psychiatrist evidently visits him. He is entitled to proper care such as his condition and the good of society demands. If he is not receiving it and is suffering any unusual punishment, he can always present a petition for habeas corpus preferably to the circuit court of Jackson County where proper and full inquiry can be made into the facts. It is not within our province to prescribe the treatment that should be accorded petitioner. It must be borne in mind that he is not being punished, that he is an unfortunate psychopath and that he is entitled to such treatment as his condition requires.” 15 N. W. 2d, at page 653 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wingler