Prison board says woman not getting special treatment
WAYNESBURG – The mother of a Waynesburg teen killed in a 2007 car crash voiced her concerns to the Greene County Prison Board Wednesday, alleging that the woman responsible for the fatal crash was receiving special treatment in jail. Darlene Maley of Waynesburg questioned the board as to why Britnee Moore, 21, of Waynesburg is permitted to work in the prison kitchen on a regular basis at the Corner Cupboard Food Bank in Franklin Township. Moore was convicted of homicide by vehicle in June following the March 2007 fatal crash that killed 16-year-old Hope Maley.
Inmates are regularly assigned to work food service preparing meals for inmates, according to prison officials.
Warden Harry Gillispie responded at the meeting that Moore has not been receiving any special treatment at the jail.
“She is not being treated any differently than any other inmate,” he said.
Maley also questioned the board as to why the district attorney’s office did not administer a drug test for Moore after the crash on March 13, 2007.
Moore was using a cell phone when her car crossed the centerline into the oncoming lane of traffic on Route 218 in Franklin Township and struck Hope Maley’s vehicle head-on.
At a trial in June, a jury found Moore guilty of homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person; she was initially sentenced to serve five to 36 months in jail but the sentence was changed last month to three years of intermediate punishment, including at least five months incarceration in the county jail.
The sentence also includes probation and the completion of 300 hours of community service, which will require her to speak to students at each of the county’s five high schools about the hazards of using a cell phone while driving.
Maley emphasized to the board that she was not asking for the jail to treat Moore with stricter or more severe guidelines, only that Moore should not receive any special treatment from the jail while serving her sentence.
Maley presented the board with a written list of requests seeking information regarding county jail policies and procedures. Prison board Chairman Dave Coder thanked Maley for her comments and said the board would review her concerns.