What I’m learning is this: sometimes life asks us to carry more than one kind of weight at the same time. Grief in one hand. Illness in the other. And somehow, the work still expects you to show up—to advocate, to prepare, to stand in court with a steady voice even when your body and… Continue reading Carrying Both—When the Work Doesn’t Stop and Neither Does the Hurt
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Behind Bars, Beyond Healing: The Invisible Wounds of Women’s Mental Health Crisis
Correctional healthcare systems were never designed with women’s needs in mind. This gap is especially devastating when it comes to mental health care. For many incarcerated women, jails and prisons have become default psychiatric institutions—places where mental illness is punished rather than healed. Correctional facilities have become the largest providers of mental health services in… Continue reading Behind Bars, Beyond Healing: The Invisible Wounds of Women’s Mental Health Crisis
On (In)justice 