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Censoring Women’s Health
by Kwaneta Harris
In prison, even learning about your own reproductive health is met with repression.
This essay originally appeared in Inquest on October 19, 2023. The original can be found at https://inquest.org/censoring-womens-health/
“It’s coming out! Down there!” my twenty-year-old handcuffed neighbor, Mina, says through clenched teeth as she passes ...
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- Writing on the Prison Wall: How Prisons Suppress Prison Journalism, Feb. 1, 2024. Retaliation for Media Contact, Prisoner Media, Censorship, Articles About PLN.
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare, Jan. 1, 2024. MHM Inc., Corizon, Centurion, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Private Contractors, Frivolous Litigation, Disclosure of Records, Declaratory Judgment, Public Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation.
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