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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All of Our Attorney Visits Are Inside a Literal Cage
I sat in a chair with no arms, and then they closed a cage around me.
That is the plainest way I know to say it. Not a booth. Not a partition. A metal cage the size of a telephone booth, dropped over a folding chair like I was an animal be...
The Women You Keep Leaving Out
Dear Rachel,
My name is Kwaneta Harris. I am a criminalized survivor. I am writing to you from the Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville, Texas — the largest women's state prison in Texas — where I have spent eighteen years incarcerated, over eig...
In solitary confinement, banned books are a lifeline
This piece was originally published in The Emancipator on October 23, 2023. It was praised by readers including Ibram X. Kendi.
Surviving my seventh sweltering summer in a Texas solitary confinement women’s prison is easier when I’m...
In Here, in Prison, Rats Are Treated As Children
This piece was originally published in Mangoprism on September 26, 2023.
Graphic by Dabin Han for Mangoprism
This is my 4th funeral this week, and it’s only Wednesday.
As I sit on a bench with my right leg spontaneously bouncing,...
Where Is Johnny?
In here, love is a verb. It has to be. Nobody sends it through the mail with a return address, and visiting hours do not guarantee that anyone will come. So we build what we need from whatever we find. We find each other. That is how Miss O...
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