Mohagany Foster was released from New Hanover Correctional Center in Wilmington, N.C. on November 8, 2022 after a year-long sentence. As a trans woman, the county housed her in a men’s facility against her wishes. Finally released, Mohagany is now working toward reclaiming her female identity in the real world. She first found housing in northern Durham through the LGBTQ+ Center until they decided they couldn't support her anymore. Without the Center, she now lives in a hotel and has a part-time job with the Orange County Rape Crisis Center as a response caller. However, with an inconsistent paycheck, she works to scrape together her room fee every single day, always unsure if she'll have to resume life on the streets.
In the first couple months of parole, Mohagany had a 7p.m. curfew. As Thanksgiving approached, she asked her parole officer for an extension so she could spend time with her family in Raleigh. After being denied, Mohagany looks at the conditions of her parole outside of the Durham County Courthouse. “When is this prison stuff ever going to get out of my life?” she asks. "I’m out of prison, but mentally, I think I’m still in.”