Reality Winner has been released from prison
8Reported today on The Verge
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Reported today in The Verge.
Reality Winner has been released from prison
Reality Winner, a former intelligence contractor jailed for leaking classified information, has been released from prison to serve her remaining sentence in a halfway house program. Winner's attorney Alison Grinter tweeted the news this morning, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons' website lists Winner in custody of San Antonio's Residential Reentry Management field office, which oversees community-based programs for incarcerated people.
"I am thrilled to announce that Reality Winner has been released from prison. She is still in custody in the residential reentry process, but we are relieved and hopeful," Grinter tweeted in a statement. "Reality and her family have asked for privacy during the transition process as they work to heal the trauma of incarceration and build back the years lost. Her release is not a product of the pardon or compassionate release process, but rather the time earned from exemplary behavior while incarcerated."
Grinter said Winner is still barred from public statements or appearances, and the BOP's website still lists her release date as November 23rd, 2021.
Some very exciting news for #RealityWinner and her family!! pic.twitter.com/yjZf7xiitk
In an email to The Verge, Grinter wrote that Winner would continue to seek a pardon. "The Residential Reentry center is in charge right now and will manage her transition, but we are definitely still seeking commutation and pardon," she said. "The fight continues and I'll still be taking meetings in Washington to press forward the case for commutation and pardon, but the family will be stepping back to concentrate on Reality and her health and healing. She became an aunt while she was behind bars, and she is going to spend as much ti