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.
Ash Johnson, one of Mohagany’s biggest sources of support after her release, helps Mohagany bring inside pillows and other items she got from the LGBTQ+ Center of Durham to help furnish her new apartment, which was also funded by the Center. When Mohagany was released, she found that one of the women in her halfway house stole all of her possessions, leaving her to start her life over from scratch at age 44.