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Focusing California's Prison System on Correction Jeanne Woodford, head of California's prisons, has a new challenge -- trying to fix the nation's largest and perhaps most troubled state prison system. She's spent her entire career working her way up through the ranks, from guard to warden.

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Jeanne Woodford, head of California's prisons, has a new challenge — trying to fix the nation's largest and perhaps most troubled state prison system. She's spent her entire career working her way up through the ranks, from guard to warden.

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