Thomas Daniels, who received a commuted sentence from President Obama two years ago, was working as an Uber driver. Last month, Uber told him that convictions that are now more than 20 years old were prompting them to kick him off the app. Lawyers say this could be against a Philadelphia ordinance designed to protect released offenders from employment discrimination. (David Maialetti/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
At first, Thomas Daniels thought he was being called to the warden's wing of the federal prison in Fairton, New Jersey, to discuss one of the educational programmes he ran for fellow inmates.
He had created a curriculum with courses on credit and finance he thought might help other inmates make a living, and stay out of prison, after their release. Instead, when he met with the warden on Dec 18, 2015, he learned President Obama had commuted his sentence, life plus 30 for cocaine distribution.
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