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New approach separates women from men
By The Coloradoan
Published: 12/01/2008

COLORADO - Women sentenced to the Larimer County Community Corrections facility say they are not just serving time, but reaping the benefits of a revolutionary approach to running a halfway house. The community corrections program is one of just a few in Colorado that have separate facilities for men and women, which allows the staff to plan activities that help the women deal with the problems that contributed to their incarceration.

Women's program supervisor Patty McDonald said it's her job to help the women leave the program better than when they started.

"They've been sentenced and gotten into some trouble, but no one knows that better than they do," said McDonald, who has supervised the program since it got its own facility about two years ago. Read more.

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