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Female corrections officers have become more common

Marisa Chavez, a DuPage County sheriff's deputy, instructs sentenced offenders while they wash cars as part of the Sheriffs Work Alternative Program at the DuPage County Jail in Wheaton. (Heather Charles, Tribune)

Female prison guards more common in prisons, attracted by pay and a chance to use social skills.

5-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed by twin

Jonathan Jackson and his twin brother had been given their baths and were playing in their living room when a shot rang out.

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