Letters To My Daughters From The Inside (feat. Sharita Mona)

Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley

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Talk Radio, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Welcome back to this week's episode of Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley! Join us for part two of our eye-opening conversation with Sharita Mona, as we delve deeper into her experiences during incarceration and the challenges faced by her family. We discuss the harsh realities of prison life, including the inhumane conditions, the struggle for basic necessities, and the emotional toll it takes on both inmates and their loved ones.

Sharita shares her personal journey of resilience, detailing her efforts to maintain communication with her daughters through heartfelt letters written during her time behind bars. We explore the impact of incarceration on family dynamics, the importance of mental health support, and the lessons learned from navigating life after prison.

From the shocking realities of prison food to the emotional weight of losing a parent while incarcerated, this episode is a powerful reminder of the human experience within the justice system. Tune in to hear Sharita's story and gain insight into the complexities of reintegration into society.

Sharita's upcoming book, Letters to My Daughters from the Inside, is set to release on April 1st. Next week, she shares some heartfelt letters that will leave you in tears, highlighting the struggles and resilience of women in prison. Be sure to pre-order Sharita's book and stay tuned for more episodes!

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0:00.0	All right, y'all, we're back with Sharita for part two of our episode.
0:04.5	Clearly, we had a lot to go over.
0:07.0	So you get two weeks of us.
0:09.0	Yeah, I heard that you got a ward and it's not too happy with you, too, right?
0:14.1	I've got a lot of people that are too happy with me.
0:17.8	No, she, he, yeah, she's not real happy with me. She apparently took a, I was in the People
0:24.3	magazine like a week ago and she apparently, um, took it in her meeting and said, this is what white
0:32.6	privilege is and like ripped it up. Um, yeah, she's not happy at all.
0:39.7	But has your mom, well, I'll speak about what I think from the time that I was there.
0:45.9	Has she experienced that too or in a different way more subtle?
0:50.4	So she has experienced in a more subtle way of like, I know when she had
0:57.5	first got there, she called me and was like distraught because one of the COs had locked her in
1:02.2	the cafeteria. And Noni, I think, is she was like, oh, the hell with him. She was like,
1:09.9	because she was with her. Because I think she was, mom oh, the hell with him. She was like, because she was with her.
1:11.2	Because I think she was, mom was waiting to get food.
1:15.3	Noni, I think was in the medical line.
1:17.1	Okay.
1:17.8	And so mom, like, didn't want them to put the food up before she was able to get her food.
1:22.0	So mom waited.
1:23.7	And then I guess they got pissed off.
1:26.2	The CO did.
1:27.0	And literally locked her in the cafeteria, her and Noni.
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