[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 158 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PRIVATE RELIEF LEGISLATION

  (Ms. CARSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.
  Ms. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing legislation that 
would provide for private relief for the benefit of Adela Bailor and 
Darryl Bailor. As my colleagues know, private relief is available in 
only rare instances. I believe that the circumstances surrounding the 
Bailors' case qualifies under the rules for private legislation.
  The facts surrounding this case are clear and undisputed. Adela 
Bailor was working for Prison Fellowship Ministries in Fort Wayne, 
Indiana and was raped on May 9, 1991 by a Federal prisoner who had 
escaped from the Salvation Army Freedom Center, a halfway house in 
Chicago, Illinois.
  What makes the Bailors' case special is that they were caught in a 
legal Catch-22. The Bailors filed suit against the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons and the Salvation Army, which ran the halfway house to which 
Mr. Holly was assigned. One of the requirements for all inmates at a 
halfway house is that they remain drug free and take a periodic drug 
test. Mr. Holly had a history of violence and drug abuse, including 
convictions for possession of heroin.

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