This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, whe…

Ayanna Harris-Rashid checks on her youngest child as her other children play at the table in their home in Iowa City, Iowa, in December 2025.Kathryn Gamble for the Marshall Project
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