In early 2020, on the eve of lockdown, Phil Neville, then head coach of England, dropped Mary Earps from the squad. For the first time ever, I began to feel something unimaginable; I felt disillusioned with football and unsure what I was doing in life, chasing this dream that was constantly in reach but never fully within my grasp. And then, abruptly, lockdown hit. And the world changed, at either the best possible time for me or the very worst.
Authorities announced the rollback of restrictions at nine California prisons following a surge of violence and drug-related incidents, but 12 prisons remain on lockdown.