From USA Today:
Over the past year, Rob Cutter saw his business' income nearly double. Cutter, owner of a small plumbing company in Oklahoma City, Okla., said this would not have happened if not for Susie Patton, his new office manager, who's helped him cut costs and attract new clients.
"She has made a great effort in making contact with all my suppliers, retailers and customers. And she has a really good knowledge of what's going on in my company," Cutter said.
But both face the possibility of losing what they have. Cutter could lose a valuable employee. Patton could lose a job that affords her a new life since she left prison.
Patton is among the thousands of nonviolent federal prisoners who were allowed to serve their time at home last year to slow the spread of coronavirus inside prison walls. But a Justice Department legal memo issued earlier this year concluded that allowing inmates to stay at home was not meant to be permanent, and they must return to prison once the pandemic is over. For Patton, who has two years left in her sentence, this means disrupting the life she spent the last year rebuilding. Continue reading >>>
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