NSA whistleblower Reality Winner tests positive for Covid-19 in prison

[soothsayer]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/20/nsa-whistleblower-reality-winner-positive-covid-19

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Reality Winner, an NSA whistleblower imprisoned for leaking secrets about Russian interference in America’s 2016 elections, has tested positive for Covid-19 and says guards are mocking infected prisoners at FMC Carswell, the Fort Worth all-women’s prison where more than 500 inmates are now confirmed positive.

“The officer went out of her way to come to my room and say, ‘I just wanted to congratulate you on your positive results’.” Winner wrote in an email sent early Monday to her sister Brittany.

Winner, who is serving a 63-month sentence, has repeatedly denounced inadequate cleaning and isolation practices in FMC Carswell, the US Federal government’s only specialized medical prison for female prisoners with underlying health conditions.

“They allowed someone positive from our unit to go to a hospital unit where dialysis and chemo patients live, starting the infection spread down there,” Winner wrote on Monday.

[riversedge]

1. Guards should be sanctioned for mocking prisoners. It is so wrong.

[jaxexpat]

2. deeply touched by your concern

I say, sanction and keep on sanctioning until there's nothing left to sanction except maybe my own opinion. Then sanction it as well!

[obamanut2012]

11. WTF is your problem with Riversedge???

Mocking them for wanting COs disciplined for mistreating prisoners?

wtaf

I am deeply touched by your lack of concern.

[SunSeeker]

3. Awful. We appear to be making no effort to stop the spread among prisoners.

I hope she recovers quickly.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. But we sure have been releasing some real gems to keep

them from getting it in prison.

[soothsayer]

5. Indeed

[soothsayer]

6. Worse, they're HELPING it spread

“They allowed someone positive from our unit to go to a hospital unit where dialysis and chemo patients live, starting the infection spread down there,” Winner wrote on Monday.

[SunSeeker]

8. Yes, that's unconscionable.

Basically they're murdering the prison's ill.

[LittleGirl]

7. Let that Shero go! That poor woman

should not be in prison.

[ananda]

9. No joke!

This is just so backwards and wrong!

[LittleGirl]

10. She did everything

She could to get the information out but they just jailed the whistle blower.
Typical BS. Ugh.