More than 400 people who were freed from prison and granted home confinement to slow down COVID-19 have been sent back over minor infractions such as a failed marijuana test or missing a phone call. Activists said the system needs to be reformed.
Eva Cardoza, of New York, was taken back to prison after officials said she failed a marijuana test in June 2021. Marijuana consumption for adults over 21 is legal in New York. Yet, she remains in prison today, her lawyers said.
Virginia Lallave, a mother of two, had gotten a job and was caring for her father after she was released from prison. She was reincarcerated for a positive marijuana test in February and was later released.
After her time in prison, Nordia Tompkins attended cosmetology school and got her daughter out of foster care. But several infractions sent her back, including an allegedly undisclosed trip to get her phone repaired at an AT&T store. She was later returned to a halfway house.
Read more about the experiences of these three women, and why activists want the conversation around mass incarceration to change: usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
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