Justice
Why Some Women Don't Actually Have Privacy Rights
A law professor explores the reasons why women who need government assistance are forced to divulge intimate details of their lives.
One day, when Maisha Joefield was in the bathroom, her 5-year-old wandered off to her grandmother’s apartment across the street.
For this, Joefield was incarcerated and charged with endangerment; Her daughter was taken away from her briefly, and for up to a year, she endured intrusive visits from social workers. “They asked me if I beat her,” Joefield told The New York Times. “They’re putting me in this box of bad mothers. It’s a slap in your face to have someone tell you what you can and cannot do with a child that you brought into this world.”