Weaponized Compliance: Tear Gas in Women’s Prisons
By Kwaneta Harris / Prism The first time they gassed us, I was reading in my cell. It was 2009, and I had just arrived in prison. There was no…
Cooked in Custody: Four Incarcerated People Describe Dangerous Conditions in Texas State Prisons
In this collection of testimonials, Kwaneta Harris and others incarcerated in Texas state prisons describe their unsuccessful daily attempts to evade being cooked in custody.
The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls
By Kwaneta Harris / Scalawag This essay discusses sexual abuse against adults and minors in the prison system. It also describes instances of suicide and self harm. I have called…
‘I wasn’t sentenced to be cooked’: Heat desperation in a Texas prison
Politicians in Texas denied air conditioning for prisons in May. Now temperatures of 100 F and higher are killing incarcerated people.