This is 76 yr old Gwen Levy who was returned to prison for not answering a call from her federal probation officer while in this computer class. They told her lawyer, “because she could have been robbing a bank, [we’re] going to treat her as if she was robbing a bank.” 
Gwen is one of about 4,500 people who were released from federal prisons last year to protect them from contracting the coronavirus. But she is the latest example of how systems of probation & parole perpetuate failure rather than facilitate success. washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
Just want to add a correction: It is Gwen Levi, not Levy.
New York spends $680 million a yr unjustly imprisoning ppl for technical violations like marijuana use or missing a curfew. 4,000 ppl are currently sitting in prison as a result of this injustice. The legislature has passed #LessIsMoreNY to fix it. Tell @NYGovCuomo to sign it.
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