Based on the case of Makia Smith and Jacqueline Salyers based on the book of Invisible No More by Andrea J. Ritchie. Write an essay examining these two cases. Answer the questions: How are state violence and punishment operating in the two cases you chose? How are they similar, and how are they different? What policies, laws, histories, and ideologies enable these forms of punishment and state violence? What possible strategies of resistance might challenge these forms of punishment and state violence? This essay should: Present an argument identifying the relationship between these two cases. You should situate that relationship within the context of state violence against women of color.
