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“They Wouldn’t Be Able to Deal With an Outbreak”: A View From Inside an Arizona Women’s Prison

Andrea Portillo

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Earlier this month, Andrea Portillo, an inmate at Perryville State Prison in Arizona, shared her experience with postpartum psychosis with Hard Crackers. She tells us what it’s like inside her facility during the pandemic. What is ...

My Experience

Andrea Portillo

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Out of fear I took the advice of my lawyer and signed a plea of second-degree murder. Webster’s Dictionary describes murder as “the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of a person.” That is not me. ...