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  Death penalty reinstated for Calif. woman convicted of 1990 murder

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  Maria Del Rosio Alfaro was sentenced to death in 1992 for fatally stabbing Autumn Wallace during a burglary and robbery

• Judge overrules NM prison ban on breast-feeding

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  Prison officials said there are security concerns in allowing a female inmate to breast-feed her infant during regular visiting hours

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  Manson follower, longest-serving female inmate, seeks parole

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  Patricia Krenwinkel was previously denied parole 13 times for the 1969 slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people

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  Attorneys want Ohio woman's death sentence reconsidered

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  Attorneys for Ohio's only condemned female killer are asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling upholding her death sentence for the third time

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  How PTSD affects men and women differently

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  Symptoms of post-traumatic stress manifest differently in men and women

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  Inmates learn Braille in hopes of getting work after prison

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  Fourteen female inmates are spending much of the year learning Braille, so they can convert restaurant menus, textbooks and novels into Braille

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  How do corrections leaders spot employees susceptible to corruption?

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  Corruption in prisons, jails and other facilities where people are incarcerated is not new, and yet leaders still struggle to ensure that staff retains high ethical standards

• Mo. prison chief names new top deputy

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  Alana Boyles replaces former adult institutions chief Dave Dormire, who announced his retirement in February amid an agency-wide sexual harassment scandal

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  DOC Director: First woman warden at Iowa State Penitentiary 'best for the job'

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  Patti Wachtendorf said one goal is to prepare the inmates to succeed outside the fence with treatment and job training

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  Miss. names new prison commissioner

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  Pelicia Hall said she will make increased pay for corrections officers a priority

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  How self-awareness can improve a corrections officer’s personal relationship

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  Seeing the good in a relationship is extremely important to maintaining positive feelings toward one another, but awareness of problem areas is just as important

• Gay ex-CO settles discrimination suit against Maine DOC

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  Kristin A. King said in her suit that she was disciplined differently than her male counterparts and then fired, all based on her status as a gay woman

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  Janet Reno, former US attorney general, has died

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  In 2004, she joined the board of the New York-based Innocence Project, which works to free prisoners who can be proven innocent through DNA testing

• America's women behind bars

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  With women coming into the prison system faster than men, ABC investigates women behind bars.

• Md. prison adjusts for increase in female population

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  Prisons across the country are making changes as more women join the prison population

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