Coronavirus was Paul Manafort's ticket home. Many other old, ill, nonviolent inmates are still in prison.

, once a well-known Republican operative, was released early, following Attorney General William Barr’s order to expedite moving vulnerable prisoners to home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic.Attorneys and advocates say there are many more like Yepremian – old and nonviolent prisoners who aren’t a threat to public safety and yet remain behind bars, even as the virus continues to infect hundreds of inmates and staff.

The Bureau of Prisons declined to say if Yepremian qualifies for home confinement, saying it does not speak about a specific inmate’s suitability. The agency said that after Barr’s directive, it “immediately” began reviewing all prisoners who have underlying health conditions that make them vulnerable to COVID-19 to determine who’s suitable for home confinement.

Yepremian and Manafort are serving longer, but they’re among the 9,800 who are 61 and older. They’re among the less than 10,000 who are serving time for nonviolent, white-collar crimes, such as fraud and bribery. These totals include those who have been allowed to serve the rest of their sentence at home.

“They were sentenced to a term of imprisonment, not to a death sentence,” Specter said. “The people under their care and custody are the most vulnerable and the lowest risk for recidivism. It’s incomprehensible to me why hasn’t acted more promptly.”Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal defended the agency’s response to the pandemic, saying recent inmate testing revealing infection rates as high as 70% are “in no way representative” of conditions across the system.

As the virus spread at Terminal Island, his daughters said they did not hear from him for weeks, as prison officials imposed restrictions to limit the spread.

It's part of the injustice. It just happens to be Trumps associate. People with connections and money seem to live by another set of laws. This needs changing.

Submarine_Guy Why don’t they release Reality Winner?

these last 3 year have been great said no-one with a spine

NOT EVERYONE GETS TO BE TREATED W/SUCH 'WHITE PREFERENCE' AS PAUL MANAFORT; YET, ARE MORE DESERVING OF RELEASE THAN HE IS BUT THEY AREN'T 'WHITE' ARE THEY?

Because they make prisons money. It’s pretty simple.

Keep them in. Why take chances?

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