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Guide: How to Navigate Perimenopause and Menopause in Prison

Experiencing perimenopause and menopause in prison can be difficult. Here is some practical advice from medical experts and from incarcerated women who have done it.

News • 07.22.2026

For This Mom in Prison, Mother’s Day Is a Blessing and a Curse

Kwaneta Harris has missed every single Mother’s Day with her 19-year-old. That means walking on eggshells, icy politeness and the occasional mom joke.

Life Inside • 05.08.2026

Raising Innocence

An Indiana Women’s Prison unit gives incarcerated people a place to raise their newborns on the inside, rather than forcing them to give their babies up after birth.

The Frame • 05.08.2026

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