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Women Find New Life After Prison: 'For the First Time I Felt Hope'
Aylyn Restitutyo stepped off a bus from Rikers Island, blinking as her eyes readjusted to New York City after 10 difficult years behind bars. She was sent to an in-patient facility, alone, and living without a net—or her daughter. "When I was released …