A 76-year-old was sent back to federal prison for not answering a call from her probation officer while attending a computer class.
"As I was told, because she could have been robbing a bank, they’re going to treat her as if she was robbing a bank.”
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@Phil_Lewis_
@nataliesurely
Arbitrary cruelty. This is exactly what’s wrong with the US prison system and why the recidivism rate is 60%, we create more criminals and focus on punishment, dehumanization, and ruining the lives of people who with the right resources would become contributing citizens again.
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@Phil_Lewis_
Isn’t this what a judge is for? To look at a situation like this where the law is being applied under absurd circumstances and provide a correction?
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@JamilSmith
How do we fight this? My elderly relatives never hear their phones. Hell, some phones don’t ring when you’ve accidentally muted them. This is ridiculous!!
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@rolandsmartin
76? Dang. And it should have been obvious to the probation officer that she was not robbing a bank.
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