
Home, but Not Free: NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Adjusts to Her Release From Prison
Winner’s home confinement is part of the longest sentence ever for leaking material to the press — and her family is seeking clemency.
Winner’s home confinement is part of the longest sentence ever for leaking material to the press — and her family is seeking clemency.
“These women — they’re trapped. They can’t escape this. They can’t do something to better their situation at all.”
The NSA whistleblower says she was threatened by a guard after making a report of abuse.
In the last year of her harsh sentence, the NSA whistleblower’s bid for clemency is gaining backers.
Reality Winner's lawyers had argued that the NSA whistleblower should serve out her sentence at home because she has preexisting medical conditions.
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Winner is fighting for compassionate release due to her medical conditions, but the government said she was “line-jumping.”
The attorney who organized Reality Winner’s clemency petition was introduced to her by another client who met the NSA whistleblower behind bars.
The NSA whistleblower is one of a countless number of incarcerated people living with mental illness.
During her transfer to a federal prison, NSA whistleblower Reality Winner was held in isolation in a Florida jail for a week.
Winner has seen “dark times” during pretrial detention in the small county jail, where she struggles with depression and an eating disorder.