jews don't belong in prison, but, if in prison, they deserve special treatment

[yankeedoodle]

We have here the story of Mossad sex-pervert blackmailer Ghislaine Maxwell, who is - we are told - locked up in Florida, and, it seems that a chabad group actually contacted her and told her that she could get special treatment if she claimed to be a jew - she never identified as a jew and isn't legally a jew - and...guess what...the bitch now says she's a jew and get special treatment.   

But, it turns out that jews don't think they belong in prison, because being in the diaspora is prison enough.   

TORAH VIEW ON JEWISH PRISONERS

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The answer is that, although Torah relates to us the details of the imprisonment of these people, it is talking of an Egyptian prison under Egyptian law. In no way does this convey the idea that imprisonment is a legitimate form of Jewish penalization.

[...]

Diaspora Is Like Jail
A Jew who lives in the diaspora, at a time when there is no Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple), is in jail. He cannot fulfill the mitzvos associated with the Temple. He would like to offer sacrifices, but it is impossible! In a sense, he is imprisoned! He is not free to do as he wills. Not only is he a wanderer, he is stymied and stuck.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230402093600/https://www.jewishprisoner.com/TorahViewOnJewishPrisoners.aspx

From Information Liberation
Report: Ghislaine Maxwell Receiving "Benefits" in Prison After "Adopting Late Father's Jewish Faith"
Chris Menahan
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63899

Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is being "rewarded with better food and more time off work" after she "adopted her late father's Jewish faith behind bars" with the help of Chabad-Lubavitch, The Sun reports.

From The Sun, "PRAYER PERKS Ghislaine Maxwell receives prison 'benefits' after adopting late father's Jewish faith":  https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23366696/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-benefits-embracing-jewish-religion/

GHISLAINE Maxwell has adopted her late father's Jewish faith behind bars — and has been rewarded with better food and more time off work.

Maxwell — who helped financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teen girls — registered her religion on arrival at jail.

She gets kosher food, which is costlier, access to a Rabbi and is excused work for 25 hours from sundown on Fridays to observe the Sabbath.

She can also take a break from prison chores on Jewish holidays.

Maxwell, 61, is also ­eligible for the associated wine or grape juice and breaking of bread.

The details were revealed by journalist Silja J.A. Talvi, who looks into conditions at jails.

Talvi told The Sun on Sunday Maxwell was contacted in jail by a civil rights prisoner organisation called Reaching Out, based in New York.

It specifically helps Jewish prisoners and informed Ghislaine through another inmate they would be there for her.

[...] A spokesman for Reaching Out said: "Maxwell is in touch with our organisation.

"We have and will continue to address her needs."

According to Reaching Out's website, they're a part of Chabad-Lubavitch and they believe that imprisonment is not "a legitimate form of Jewish penalization" (i.e. Jews should be exempt from prison).  https://web.archive.org/web/20230402093600/https://www.jewishprisoner.com/TorahViewOnJewishPrisoners.aspx

"Imprisonment was never accepted by Torah as a legitimate form of penalization," Reaching Out says on their page titled, "Torah View on Jewish Prisoners."

"The Lubavitcher Rebbe teaches that simply and clearly, there is no source in Torah for jail as punishment."

Is this why Chabad-Lubavitch was the driving force behind Trump/Kushner's "criminal justice reform" and lobbied for President Trump to pardon a host of Chabad-connected fraudsters?  https://web.archive.org/web/20230322194957/https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/4246392/jewish/The-Backstory-of-the-Chassidim-Who-Got-Criminal-Justice-Reform-Done.htm
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63867





Ghislaine Maxwell identifies as Jewish in prison, tapping into resources for incarcerated Jews   
https://www.jta.org/2023/08/07/united-states/ghislaine-maxwell-identifies-as-jewish-in-prison-tapping-into-resources-for-incarcerated-jews

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse ring, is receiving services from a nonprofit that supports Jewish prisoners.

Maxwell, whose father was Jewish, did not publicly identify as Jewish previously and is not considered Jewish under traditional Jewish law. The news was first reported by The Sun, a British newspaper, which said that Maxwell "has been rewarded with better food and more time off work."

U.S. prisons are obligated to honor inmates' religious obligations in most cases — meaning that Jews are often given access to kosher food, prayer supplies and changes in work schedules to account for Shabbat and holidays.

Prisons also offer services based on inmates' self-identified religions, although chaplains may be asked to certify whether inmates hold sincere religious beliefs. (Certification requirements have faced legal challenges.) Sometimes the services are provided by nonprofit groups, even when the prisons employ religious chaplains of their own.

The nonprofit that is providing services to Maxwell at the Federal Correctional Institute in Florida is called Reaching Out, according to The Sun. It is one of several organizations operated by people affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to serve those who are incarcerated; another, the Aleph Institute, supports prisoners with not only their religious needs while incarcerated but also in seeking clemency or parole.

Chabad is one of the most extensive purveyors of services to Jewish prisoners across the United States, in keeping with its mission to bring as many Jews as possible closer to their religion.

"We're not helping them get out of prison, we're helping them spiritually — to bring them to a state of mind which had they had exposure to, maybe they wouldn't have done what they did," Rabbi Zvi Boyarsky, now an Aleph Institute director, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2009.

Other organizations supporting Jewish prisoners include Jewish Prisoner Services International, founded in 1984 by B'nai Brith, and a newer group, Matir Asurim, founded by rabbis affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism. Its name comes from the prayer thanking God for setting free those who are imprisoned.

While the exact number of prisoners who identify as Jewish is unknown, the number appears to have risen over time. (That number played a bit part in deliberations over sentencing for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, condemned last week to death.) A chaplain working in the New York state prison system told JTA in 2009 that the rise reflected a growing sense that Jewish prisoners had access to more perks.

One of those perks is kosher food, which a man incarcerated in Washington State praised in a 2021 JTA essay as good — "a rarity in prison." It has not always been available: In the 1980s, a Texas prison canceled its kosher food option, saying that none of the prisoners using it were authentically Jewish — leading to a 1986 Supreme Court case ruling that rabbis, not prison officials, should determine who counts as Jewish. And Florida reintroduced a kosher food program in its prisons only under legal duress in 2013.

In some cases, people who are incarcerated have self-identified as Jewish or even converted to access kosher food. A character on the prison drama "Orange is the New Black" converted for that reason, reportedly prompting inmates as far afield as Scotland to do the same.

Maxwell's claim to a Jewish identity runs through her father, a media magnate and possible spy who fled the Nazis as a child and was buried in Jerusalem after dying under mysterious circumstances in 1991.

Maxwell reportedly made use of her Jewish ancestry a few years ago, when she was alleged to have taken refuge in Israel while under investigation for her role in Epstein's sex abuse scheme. She was arrested in 2020, convicted in 2021 and sentenced last year on five charges related to sex trafficking of minors as part of a scheme with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York City jail in 2019.




Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly getting prison perks after declaring herself Jewish
Her father, Robert Maxwell, was raised by Orthodox Jewish parents
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/ghislaine-maxwell-allegedly-getting-prison-perks-after-declaring-herself-jewish-33bzLBXnEVR1iwzZrPKO5l

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted former accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is reportedly taking advantage of special treatment reserved for Jewish prisoners while incarcerated in federal prison.

According to the Sun on Sunday, Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was approached by a Jewish group that advocates for prisoners' rights informing her that they were prepared to offer her assistance.

The group, Reaching Out which is based in New York, are, according to their official website, followers of the Lubavitch Rebbe. The group's stated aim is to "help Jewish prisoners cope with the fears and anxieties prior to going to jail and the obstacles and hurdles while in prison."

A spokesperson for the group told The Sun on Sunday: "Maxwell is in touch with our organisation.

"We have and will continue to address her needs."

Jewish inmates in federal prisons are entitled to kosher food, time off for Shabbat and access to a rabbi for counselling purposes as well as grape juice and bread for prayers.

Jewish groups in several US states have successfully sued in local courts for the right to kosher meals, which are often significantly more expensive than regular prison fare. A 2014 lawsuit in Florida, the state where Maxwell is serving her sentence, alleged that the cost of kosher food for Jewish inmates was $7 (£5) a day, compared to just $1.54 (£1.10) for non kosher.

Maxwell is the daughter of British press baron Robert Maxwell, who was raised in what is now Ukraine by Orthodox Jewish parents. Robert, who grew up speaking Yiddish, rose to become a powerful media mogul, owning the Mirror Group of newspapers until his death in 1991.

Robert Maxwell is buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and his funeral was attended by leading Israeli politicians including then Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, then President Chaim Herzog and Natan Sharansky.