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When freedom cannot erase the body's memory of captivity

I got out two years ago but I still wake up at 4:30am for count and I cannot sleep through the night in my own bed.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical liberty cannot undo the somatic inscription of institutional control.

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