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Return to Jail

Sober now, she speaks at the prison she was once locked up in—and finds it to be a transformative experience

When I left the Ohio Reformatory for Women in 1983 I vowed I would never go back! I had learned my lesson, after six months at Marysville, a short stint at the Orient Pre-Release Center, followed by the Traynor HalfWay House in Columbus. Yep, I’d had enough of the rehab and corrections system in Ohio! 

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