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/ Source: Telemundo ByJuliana Jiménez J. Mary Franco tenía 13 años cuando la esterilizaron en una institución mental por ser "mentalmente débil". Kelli Dillon pensó, mientras estaba presa, que le extirparían un quiste en los ovarios cuando en realidad le practicaron una histerectomía. Estos procedimientos irregulares, que no se le comunicaban a los pacientes, ocurrieron durante décadas en California. Tras décadas de lucha y dolor, las víctimas y sus familias están siendo reconocidas por el estado. California aprobó esta semana, como parte del presupuesto, una compensación m...

A horrifying scheme described as modern-day eugenics has come to light, thanks to the bravery of a victim-turned-whistleblower. Kelli Dillon was given a 15-year prison sentence after killing her abusive husband in self-defense; while in prison, Dillon says she was lied to about a medical condition and was then forcibly sterilized without her knowledge or consent. Scott Hechinger, a Brooklyn public defender, tweeted about Dillon’s experience. In 2001, while imprisoned at Central California Women’s Prison, the world’s largest women’s prison, Dillon was told she needed surgery to remov...

After watching the documentary “Belly of the Beast,” Mary J. Blige was incredulous. “I could not believe what I was seeing,” Blige said. “But somewhere in the back of my mind, all my life, I always felt like women weren’t being treated properly in prisons. Black women were just being treated like slaughtered pigs.” Directed by Erika Cohn for PBS’s Independent Lens, the 2020 film investigates the widespread sterilization of female inmates in California prisons — predominantly women of color — and the callous, covert system that allowed this illegal practice to continue well...

Mary J. Blige Remembers Cicely Tyson and Discusses How Kamala Harris Inspires Her Mary J. Blige Remembers Cicely Tyson and Discusses How Kamala Harris Inspires Her Blige is getting attention for her new song "See What You've Done," from the documentary "Belly of the Beast." Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Mary J. Blige is receiving potential Oscar attention for her original song “See What You’ve Done” from the documentary, “Belly of the Beast.” But she received even more buzz when vice president Kamala Harris used her 2007 song “Work That,” from her “Growing Pa...