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A New Law Gave Me 1 Year With My Babies Before Heading to Prison. How Will I Say Goodbye?

Minnesota’s Healthy Start law allowed Victoria Lopez to begin her seven-year prison sentence at home with her infant twins. Now comes the separation.

Life Inside • 07.21.2023

While Doing Time in a California Prison, I Was Given a Hysterectomy Without My Consent

Moonlight Pulido believed she was having surgery to remove growths from her uterus. In a brutal bait-and-switch, she was sterilized.

Life Inside • 07.14.2023

A Texas Jail Delayed My Prenatal Care to Keep Costs Down. Then I Had a Miscarriage.

Collin County Jail failed to send a bleeding, cramping Lauren Kent to an outside OB-GYN. In a lawsuit, she blames their “cost-containment” strategy.

Life Inside • 07.07.2023

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