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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 29, 2021 9:07:21 GMT
seems anything but these days...........
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Women
Elderly Black Woman Sent Back to Prison For Not Answering Her Phone During Computer Class
by Jeroslyn JohnsonJune 28, 202115969
A 76-year-old Black woman only enjoyed less than two months as a free woman before she was sent back to prison for not answering her phone.
Gwen Levi first made media headlines in May when she was released from prison after serving 16 years due to the CARES act, USA Today reported. She was among the 4,500 prisoners sent to home confinement as a precaution to spreading COVID-19 in jails.
At the time, Levi expressed her fear of being sent back to prison once the pandemic was over. But who knew they would use such a minor offense to put the elderly convict back behind bars?
Last week, Levi was reincarcerated after she missed a phone call from officials while she was taking a word processing class online, The Washington Post reported. She has been in police custody in Washington D.C. since June 12 as she awaits a transfer to federal prison.
“There’s no question she was in class,” her lawyer, Sapna Mirchandani, said. “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.”
Levi was serving out year 16 of her 24-year sentence for conspiracy to sell at least one kilogram of heroin, Complex reported. Upon being released to home confinement, Levi moved back to Baltimore to be with her 94-year-old mother and was volunteering with prison advocacy organizations in hopes of getting a paid position. She was working to rebuild relationships with her sons and grandchildren before she was sent back to jail.
Levi was attending a class at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor when officials noticed at 10:51 a.m. that her ankle monitor wasn’t at her home address. She didn’t answer her phone for a few hours, and officials couldn’t get in touch with her until 1:17 p.m. when her ankle monitor showed back up at her mother’s house. Despite her being at a class, the Bureau of Prisons labeled it as an “escape.”
While speaking through her lawyer, Levi explained how “devastated” she is over the mistake.
Seems awfully bizarre who they just release.......and who they lock up. ![[giveup]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/FSYefibmKqtatIXMgHZg.gif) |
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 3:10:33 GMT
If she were a 76-year-old white woman, they would have just reminded her of the rules and that would have been that.
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Post by ant-mac on Jun 30, 2021 3:19:50 GMT
If she were a 76-year-old white woman, they would have just reminded her of the rules and that would have been that. Be fair, mate... She was a 76-year-old black woman, blatantly attempting to get herself an education! What choice did the authorities have? |
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 3:23:08 GMT
If she were a 76-year-old white woman, they would have just reminded her of the rules and that would have been that. Be fair, mate... She was a 76-year-old black woman, blatantly attempting to get herself an education! What choice did the authorities have? The nerve of some people! ![[mad]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/XegTyANmgpBZDFPQoKTh.gif) |
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Post by ant-mac on Jun 30, 2021 3:29:31 GMT
Be fair, mate... She was a 76-year-old black woman, blatantly attempting to get herself an education! What choice did the authorities have? The nerve of some people! I know. They'll be wanting to be treated equal next!  |
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 30, 2021 4:05:48 GMT
If she were a 76-year-old white woman, they would have just reminded her of the rules and that would have been that. Be fair, mate... She was a 76-year-old black woman, blatantly attempting to get herself an education! What choice did the authorities have?
Excellent joke.
Though, I have to wonder what someone that olde is doing going down that path? for what purpose?
I'm not against anyone acquiring more education........but risking parole violation seems like an odd choice to make. But the Establishment's decision making here is unacceptable, too imo
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 4:15:14 GMT
The nerve of some people! I know. They'll be wanting to be treated equal next! The devil you say!  |
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 4:27:23 GMT
Be fair, mate... She was a 76-year-old black woman, blatantly attempting to get herself an education! What choice did the authorities have?
Excellent joke.
Though, I have to wonder what someone that olde is doing going down that path? for what purpose?
I'm not against anyone acquiring more education........but risking parole violation seems like an odd choice to make. But the Establishment's decision making here is unacceptable, too imo
"What purpose"?
Gainful employment perhaps?
Or do you think she's part of the world-wide conspiracy to keep ammunition off the shelves and she was going to use those word-processing skills to create fake invoices? ![[gonemad]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/xpVFtlIQrYlpuyJciLzd.gif)
And maybe she was confused about the rules and didn't think taking a class was a violation.
Maybe she thought the ankle monitor worked like it does in the movies and the authorities knew exactly where she was?
In the end, an old, black lady wasn't about to get the benefit of the doubt, was she?
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Post by ant-mac on Jun 30, 2021 5:01:54 GMT
Excellent joke.
Though, I have to wonder what someone that olde is doing going down that path? for what purpose?
I'm not against anyone acquiring more education........but risking parole violation seems like an odd choice to make. But the Establishment's decision making here is unacceptable, too imo
"What purpose"?
Gainful employment perhaps?
Or do you think she's part of the world-wide conspiracy to keep ammunition off the shelves and she was going to use those word-processing skills to create fake invoices?
And maybe she was confused about the rules and didn't think taking a class was a violation.
Maybe she thought the ankle monitor worked like it does in the movies and the authorities knew exactly where she was?
In the end, an old, black lady wasn't about to get the benefit of the doubt, was she?
Good on her for staying active and maintaining an interest... specially after being incarcerated for so long. However, the last thing a 76-year-old of any gender or race should be worried about is seeking "gainful employment"... Unless that's what actually interests her. |
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 5:19:23 GMT
"What purpose"?
Gainful employment perhaps?
Or do you think she's part of the world-wide conspiracy to keep ammunition off the shelves and she was going to use those word-processing skills to create fake invoices?
And maybe she was confused about the rules and didn't think taking a class was a violation.
Maybe she thought the ankle monitor worked like it does in the movies and the authorities knew exactly where she was?
In the end, an old, black lady wasn't about to get the benefit of the doubt, was she?
Good on her for staying active and maintaining an interest... specially after being incarcerated for so long. However, the last thing a 76-year-old of any gender or race should be worried about is seeking "gainful employment"... Unless that's what actually interests her. In the US, IIRC, one must complete 40 quarters of work before being eligible to receive Social Security benefits at... whatever the age is now. I don't know if the old woman in question ever did that. I also don't know if SSI benefits are paid to incarcerated persons.
Maybe she was just taking the class to have something to do and/or keep her mind sharp.
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Post by ant-mac on Jun 30, 2021 5:34:24 GMT
Good on her for staying active and maintaining an interest... specially after being incarcerated for so long. However, the last thing a 76-year-old of any gender or race should be worried about is seeking "gainful employment"... Unless that's what actually interests her. In the US, IIRC, one must complete 40 quarters of work before being eligible to receive Social Security benefits at... whatever the age is now. I don't know if the old woman in question ever did that. I also don't know if SSI benefits are paid to incarcerated persons.
Maybe she was just taking the class to have something to do and/or keep her mind sharp.
1. That's... different. 2. I hope that's all it was. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 30, 2021 8:14:10 GMT
"What purpose"?
Gainful employment perhaps?
Or do you think she's part of the world-wide conspiracy to keep ammunition off the shelves and she was going to use those word-processing skills to create fake invoices?
And maybe she was confused about the rules and didn't think taking a class was a violation.
Maybe she thought the ankle monitor worked like it does in the movies and the authorities knew exactly where she was?
In the end, an old, black lady wasn't about to get the benefit of the doubt, was she?
Gainful employment?? AT 76??
I could totally see where someone in their late 60s and older could be easily confused.
This isn't even about the benefit of the doubt........this is about the decision making process well after the fact. Of what use does incarcerating this woman at this point serve? Will she be rehabilitated? Will it serve as a lesson to anyone else?
And you want more Govt like this? More of them intruding into every facet of peoples' lives?
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 30, 2021 8:17:27 GMT
Good on her for staying active and maintaining an interest... specially after being incarcerated for so long. However, the last thing a 76-year-old of any gender or race should be worried about is seeking "gainful employment"... Unless that's what actually interests her.
Exactly....... that's sorta where I was coming from, too. I got no problem if she finds something she likes to do and keeps herself busy/occupied. Everyone should be so lucky.
But with hindsight.........it seems like the risk/reward wasn't thought out very well. Can we blame her parole officer for not expla9ing things clearly enough?
Especially after the last year or so with so many true criminals released and running about. I don't think I've ever seen so many ankle bracelets in public before.
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Post by ant-mac on Jun 30, 2021 8:24:07 GMT
Good on her for staying active and maintaining an interest... specially after being incarcerated for so long. However, the last thing a 76-year-old of any gender or race should be worried about is seeking "gainful employment"... Unless that's what actually interests her.
Exactly....... that's sorta where I was coming from, too. I got no problem if she finds something she likes to do and keeps herself busy/occupied. Everyone should be so lucky.
But with hindsight.........it seems like the risk/reward wasn't thought out very well. Can we blame her parole officer for not expla9ing things clearly enough?
Especially after the last year or so with so many true criminals released and running about. I don't think I've ever seen so many ankle bracelets in public before.
When I remember all the scum that've been pardoned recently by 45, scum that deserved to stay locked up for the full duration of their sentence, I think it's time 46 steps up to the plate and shows us exactly what he's made of. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 30, 2021 8:28:52 GMT
When I remember all the scum that've been pardoned recently by 45, scum that deserved to stay locked up for the full duration of their sentence, I think it's time 46 steps up to the plate and shows us exactly what he's made of.
so in your opinion........... the scum pardoned by 45 is sooooooo much more deplorable than the scum pardoned by any other previous president?
That's weird.
I was pretty disappointed that he didn't include Snowden or Assange, though.
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Post by ant-mac on Jun 30, 2021 8:52:52 GMT
When I remember all the scum that've been pardoned recently by 45, scum that deserved to stay locked up for the full duration of their sentence, I think it's time 46 steps up to the plate and shows us exactly what he's made of.
so in your opinion........... the scum pardoned by 45 is sooooooo much more deplorable than the scum pardoned by any other previous president?
That's weird.
I was pretty disappointed that he didn't include Snowden or Assange, though.
1. Oh yeah... some of them were truly deplorable. 2. I generally support both of them, but I also feel they should have their day in court. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 30, 2021 9:09:04 GMT
1. Oh yeah... some of them were truly deplorable. 2. I generally support both of them, but I also feel they should have their day in court.
Truly? as opposed to just mostly?
This is America...... we don't like giving people their day in court anymore. Not when the media can let the public hang them ahead of time........ or the sleeping prisons guards and defective cameras can simply stand down while people supposedly hang themselves.
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 11:14:31 GMT
"What purpose"?
Gainful employment perhaps?
Or do you think she's part of the world-wide conspiracy to keep ammunition off the shelves and she was going to use those word-processing skills to create fake invoices?
And maybe she was confused about the rules and didn't think taking a class was a violation.
Maybe she thought the ankle monitor worked like it does in the movies and the authorities knew exactly where she was?
In the end, an old, black lady wasn't about to get the benefit of the doubt, was she?
Gainful employment?? AT 76??
I could totally see where someone in their late 60s and older could be easily confused.
This isn't even about the benefit of the doubt........this is about the decision making process well after the fact. Of what use does incarcerating this woman at this point serve? Will she be rehabilitated? Will it serve as a lesson to anyone else?
And you want more Govt like this? More of them intruding into every facet of peoples' lives?
I don't want "more government" Abbey. I want better government.
I'd also like for the prison system to NOT be privatized so there are no financial incentives to lock up 76-year-old grandmas.
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 30, 2021 12:29:32 GMT
I don't want "more government" Abbey. I want better government.
I'd also like for the prison system to NOT be privatized so there are no financial incentives to lock up 76-year-old grandmas.
y'know......... I keep hearing that "Let's get money out of politics."..........and yet, whether it's private or publicly owned, there's tax dollars involved and all sorts of financial incentives.
I don't get how one is more trustworthy than the other? Outside the US maybe.....but here? |
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Post by Prometheus on Jun 30, 2021 16:52:12 GMT
I don't want "more government" Abbey. I want better government.
I'd also like for the prison system to NOT be privatized so there are no financial incentives to lock up 76-year-old grandmas.
y'know......... I keep hearing that "Let's get money out of politics."..........and yet, whether it's private or publicly owned, there's tax dollars involved and all sorts of financial incentives.
I don't get how one is more trustworthy than the other? Outside the US maybe.....but here? I guess we ought to do away with money then
You fucking communist
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