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New Records Shed Light on Sexual Abuse Inside State Women’s Prisons

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About 150 women inmates attend a graduation ceremony for “lifers” who took a series of in-depth courses addressing substance abuse, anger management and understanding the impact of their crime on victims and others. Some of the women have spent most of their lives in prison and are now in wheelchairs or walkers. (Dana Simas/Calif. Dept. of Corrections)

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