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Women Inmates Wrap Up Sentences Outside Prison Walls

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In California when a woman walks out of prison she normally gets $200 and a bus ticket. But some women whose crimes were non-violent have a chance for another way. Through something called "alternative custody" they can serve the last two years of their sentence outside prison but in a supervised program. When Alternative Custody started three years ago, prison officials imagined thousands of female inmates would take part. But it hasn't quite worked out that way.

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