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Kwaneta Harris

Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated mother of three, with a wish to hug her children.

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Prisons & Policing

Summer Heat Is Killing Incarcerated People — It’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Without AC, prison cell temperatures can reach 130 degrees. Incarcerated in Texas heat, I feel I’m being tortured.

By: Kwaneta Harris &; Leigh Goodmark ,; Truthout

September 12, 2023

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Prisons & Policing

Criminalized Survivors Face Judgement and Abuse From Their Own Defense Attorneys

Criminalized survivors routinely encounter defense lawyers who are dismissive at best and abusive at worst.

By: Kwaneta Harris &; Leigh Goodmark ,; Truthout

June 19, 2023

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Prisons & Policing

Let’s Abolish Systems That Criminalize and Punish Survivors of Abuse

U.S. courts often reject domestic and sexual violence as legitimate justifications for self-defense.

By: Kwaneta Harris &; Leigh Goodmark ,; Truthout

January 20, 2023

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Prisons & Policing

Working in Prison Fields Didn’t “Correct” Me, It Revealed the System’s Brutality

If one was paid to design a system that exacerbates trauma for vulnerable women, this would be the ideal model.

By: Kwaneta Harris ,; Truthout

August 15, 2022