Performing at a women's prison in Tucker, Ark., had actress Ruby Dee feeling protective for the inmates.

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Dee, best known for her performance in "A Raisin in the Sun," said stories she's heard from incarcerated women have a similar thread running through them: They were taken advantage of by men."I really felt something at the prison. I know a number of women who are in prison and shouldn't be," she said.

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