Write or Die
Kwaneta HarrisRaw dispatches from Texas women's prisons on how the intersection of gender, race and place contribute to state-sanctioned, gender-based violence.
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Forbidden Knowledge
This essay was originally published in Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement, published in 2024 by the University of Georgia Pres. It was edited by Dave “Mac” Marquis and Moira Marquis.
The Lone Star State wants...
We Count Too: Why Women's Health Month Must Include Incarcerated Women
Every May, the nation pauses to celebrate women's health. Pink ribbons flutter. Awareness campaigns bloom. Social media fills with reminders to schedule mammograms, attend prenatal checkups, and honor our bodies as worthy of care. But behin...
"I Am Still Her Mother": Two for Mother's Day
Kwaneta Harris wrote two articles for Mother’s Day this year. One was published by The Marshall Project. The other was co-published by Prism and Solitary Watch.
The latter is dedicated to Jennifer Rodriguez, and every mother whose child ha...
Audio: Courtney Dunkin Shares Her Story
In 1995, 15-year-old Courtney Dunkin was tried as an adult after shooting her adoptive mother while on the antidepressant Paxil. Years later, it was found that Paxil causes serious side effects like suicidal tendencies and mania in underage...
When the Stethoscope Stays: What Prison Cannot Take From a Nurse
The Woman Who Went Back
Megan walks the same hallways she once walked in scrubs, carrying a Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate ID instead of a tray of medications. She is not a nurse here anymore. She is an inmate.
The Lane Mu...
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