"Sheriff: Wyoming pair kept child in outdoor cage" Associated Press August 06, 2014
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A Wyoming man and a woman face felony charges on allegations that they kept the woman’s 7-year-old in an outdoor cage on and off for three weeks, forcing the child to sleep in the enclosure even during rainstorms.
Deputies who went to the rural property outside Laramie on a tip last month say they found a wooden and metal cage outside the home. The enclosure contained a cot, a bucket, and other items.
Court documents say the mother referred to it as a playpen and said the child was kept there because of misbehavior. The man told deputies he disliked the child but kept the child in the cage to ensure safety, according to an affidavit.
The man and woman, who lived inside, each face one count of child abuse and three counts of felonious restraint, the Laramie Boomerang reported.
Albany County sheriff’s deputies went to the property on Fox Creek Road after receiving a tip July 23 that the child was being kept in a cage outside a home there.
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I'm not for imprisoning children; however, the thought of a government that tortures people and puts them in cages being the authority on the matter isn't comforting.
