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Self-Identities Podcast

Self-Identities Podcast

著者： AJ Nutter and Kathryn Whiteley
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Self-Identities is an educational podcast recorded within the walls of SCI Muncy and SCI Cambridge Springs—two correctional facilities for women in Pennsylvania. The podcast features in-depth conversations with incarcerated women serving life sentences, moving beyond their crimes to explore their identities, perspectives, and personal journeys.

Hosted by Dr. Kathryn Whiteley and co-produced by AJ Nutter, Self-Identities shifts the focus away from sensationalized true crime and toward genuine understanding. Through honest dialogue, the series encourages listeners to engage thoughtfully with the complexities of identity, resilience, and lived experience within the criminal justice system.2023-2024 ノンフィクション犯罪 社会科学
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  • Amy

    Amy
    2026/06/01
    As a child, Amy found joy and expression through music and dance, including ballet, tap, and jazz. It became one of her earliest forms of escape and identity. However, her upbringing was marked by a deeply unstable and unsafe home environment.

    By her early teens, Amy was already facing significant struggles, including alcohol use at just 13 years old as she tried to cope with the challenges around her. As she got older, survival became her priority. She eventually made the difficult decision to leave home and spent time living on the streets and staying on couches to stay out of harm’s way.

    One of the most painful moments in her life came when she had to make the decision to sign custody of her child over to her mother. At 21, Amy entered the criminal justice system, marking the beginning of a long and complex journey.

    Inside, she began to find support and perspective through connections with other women serving long-term sentences—relationships that helped her start to rebuild a sense of self and resilience. This episode explores themes of survival, loss, accountability, and the long road toward healing and self-understanding.
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    53 分
  • Kawania

    Kawania
    2026/05/25
    In this episode of Self-Identities, Kawania reflects on a life shaped by hardship, resilience, and survival. Incarcerated at 32 and now 65, she looks back on her upbringing in a dangerous, under-resourced environment where stability was rare and growing up meant learning quickly how to endure. Amid that instability, one teacher became a lifeline—mentoring her, strengthening her voice, and continuing to show up for her even years into her incarceration.

    Kawania also opens up about the internal conflict she faced as a teenager coming to terms with her sexuality in a time and place where being gay was not accepted. At 15, she felt forced to hide who she was, entering a relationship with a man and becoming pregnant in the process. Later, while incarcerated, she faced life-threatening health crises, nearly losing her life twice. Through it all, her story reveals the complexity of identity, the cost of survival, and the lasting impact of the people who choose to stand by you.
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    1 時間 3 分
  • Charmaine

    Charmaine
    2026/05/18
    Charmaine’s story begins in a deeply unstable and abusive home, where violence and control shaped her early life. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, she endured repeated abuse at the hands of her father during a time when there were few legal protections for children in Pennsylvania. Speaking out only led to harsher punishment, forcing her to run away again and again in search of safety.

    In this episode, Charmaine reflects on how that trauma influenced her path and the ways it shaped her identity in harmful and lasting ways. Yet her story is not defined solely by what she endured—it’s one of resilience. She opens up about her journey toward healing and how, during her time in prison, she began to discover a different way of living and understanding herself.
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    59 分
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