content: Interesting look at what happens when a woman is found guilty of killing her husband. She killed her husband in cold blood (shot him in the back while he was in the bathroom), amazingly her battered woman syndrome story didn't stick and the jury convicted her (edit: As pointed out below, she was only convicted of a lesser charge, so I guess her pass was working that day), she also lost an appeal. But check this... Albion is a medium level security prison where Sheehan lives as part of a Trauma Unit occupied by formerly battered and abused women. After scoring exceptionally high on prison evaluation screening tests, Sheehan got a position as a nurse’s aide at the facility. Family can visit the prison once a week, on alternating Saturdays and Sundays. A maximum of 5 visitors are allowed each visiting day. But travelling to the prison is a hardship on the family who must drive 398 miles for an average of 7 hours each way and incur the cost of overnight lodging. Flights to the area average $500 per person for the round-trip fare. Sheehan has been placed in a section of the prison where other battered and abused trauma unit woman are in residence and has access to an exercise yard and a gym. She is working on keeping fit and restoring her health and has lost a total of over 80 lbs. since her incarceration. Sentenced to 5 years, with what she had served prior and up until now, the remaining time looks to be nearly 3 years and 7 months. There are options, including a work release program which could find Sheehan in a job 5 days a week and back to a correctional facility for the weekends. Qualifying for the program however can be very difficult and the procedure is stringent and insiders say it doesn’t represent anything  “likely to happen in the near future.” Even if a woman is convicted of killing her husband, she's assumed to be a victim and treated with kids gloves. I seriously doubt any men's prison has a "battered husband unit." Here's a similar case only the murderer is male. 25 years to life, prosecutors wanted the death penalty at one point. I tried to find out what prison he's in but turned up blank.