Biography
Dottie Mather was identified in a February 2, 1972 Washington Post interview as a 21-year-old woman who had served 21 months at Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women after a drug-related arrest in Washington, D.C. The article did not identify the specific charge, sentence imposed, or dates of her arrest and admission.
Mather said an initial parole examination resulted in what she called a “20-month contract.” At a second examination in September 1971, she deliberately presented herself as less knowledgeable because she believed that was necessary to secure parole. She said the examination lasted about ten minutes and that parole was granted. The exact date she physically left Alderson remains unknown.
Mather also alleged that prison officials disapproved of her association with prisoners she described as “the political people.” She said she had been promised work as a keypunch operator with the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors and recalled a parole examiner disparaging that plan. The available clipping documents her account of political association affecting parole treatment; it does not establish that the original drug prosecution was politically motivated or that she later worked for the organization. Her full legal name, birth and death dates, and later life remain unverified.
