Voices | Meet Dunasha: “I saw prison destroy and dismantle people”

Dunasha saw prison “destroy and dismantle people” in her seven years of incarceration. “That is what it's designed to do,” she says. “It is designed to strip you of who you are, what you are, and where are you going and just bring you back to ground zero.” In this Voices episode, Dunasha discusses how what pursuing education meant to her while behind bars, and how her family’s unconditional love-before, during, and after incarceration-helped her survive. Dunasha says that although “prison took motherhood away” from her, she is committed to rebuilding and repairing her relationship with her daughter, whom she didn’t see during those seven years.
Vera works to end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, people who are immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. Vera Voices centers the lives of those most impacted by these injustices. By sharing the stories of system-impacted people, we aim to move past the labels that strip them of their humanity and dispel the negative stereotypes forced upon them.
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