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 The Hell inside Hell home for eight of the 17 years that I've been incarcerated. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) adult women's solitary confinement on Lane Murray Unit […]
Kwaneta Harris
Kwaneta is a brave abolition feminist determined to give society a peek inside the brutal criminal legal system, with hope to reimagine effective non-carceral solutions for those who harm. She provides an inclusive voice on mainstream issues like abortion, censorship and climate, and how they affect systems-impacted people.
Her writings have appeared in PEN America, Truthout, Lux Magazine, Prism, The Appeal, Slate, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, and elsewhere. In 2024, she was awarded as a Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow. She was interviewed for a documentary by Al Jazeera about solitary confinement, where she has been the past eight of her 17 years incarcerated. She is currently working on a book about the kids who are her neighbors in solitary confinement from juvenile.
