Some formerly incarcerated people have regained their freedom at a tumultuous time.
By
Sophia Gates
12/29/2020 at 9:00am
Jermaine Williams.
Felicia Dixon was coming back from work in late May when the King County Metro bus she was riding stopped in Seattleâs International District. Outside, she could see police blocking the road and protesters in the street; at one point, several officers surrounded a man. As the bus idled, Dixon asked to borrow a cell phone from a stranger. âWhoâre you calling?â he asked her.
âI just need to call my family,â she told him.Â
But Dixon wasnât calling her family. Instead, she dialed the number for the Helen B. Ratcliff work release facility, where she was then incarcerated. A staffer there told her to stay on the bus.Â