WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman serving a federal sentence for enslaving mentally ill residents at a Newton group home is seeking an early release from a federal medical center.
Linda Kaufman and her husband, Arlan Kaufman, were convicted about a decade ago of forcing residents to work naked at their farm and perform sexual acts over a 15-year period, while billing their families and the government for “nude therapy” sessions.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Prison Warden Jody Upton has extended to victims an opportunity to comment on a request submitted by Linda Kaufman for “compassionate release” from Carswell Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Linda Kaufman’s served about a decade and otherwise won’t be out of prison until 2018.
Her husband lost a 2012 appeal of his 30-year sentence