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This Texas Tribune article discussed the growing program being offered to Texas women prisoners that will provide them an opportunity to manage real life scenarios that they could face when they are finally released from prison. Previously, the inmates were only provided a program which educated them on substance abuse. More inmates are expected to be added into the program if the parole votes in their favor. This fairly new program offers the women knowledge on finding a job, being responsible for their household, finding a household, filling out applications, managing expenses, and coping with anger.  Completion of this program would not only educate the inmates, but it would also create a great opportunity to decrease the sentenced time for some. Most imprisoned women have spent most of their lives in a cell for acts they committed when they were younger thus they were never able to do things that normal women would be able to do. Although the women performed terrible acts to get them in prison in the first place, several years of prison life and with the help of this program allowed them to see the light in a dark tunnel. The women mentioned in this article admitted to looking forward to the normalcy of living life outside a cell, holding their grandchildren; anything but the prison life. As mentioned in the article, these women will be our neighbors so providing them with some sort of knowledge on how to become a better civilian will benefit them and people around them.