Inmate Maintains Identity Through Hair Rituals
Lindsey Smith, an inmate at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, Oklahoma, writes about maintaining her long hair as a personal anchor during four years of incarceration. She details daily routines—waking at 5:30 a.m., inspections, workouts in 100-degree heat, running to recall Tulsa's river trails—and describes borrowing a banned straightener to reclaim identity. Her account highlights how small physical rituals help sustain memory, dignity and mental resilience within a population of about 1,200 women.
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