Melissa Sims prepares to leave her house in Marianna, Fla., as she says goodbye to her children, Eli and Alexis, both 3 (twins) on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Mrs. Sims and her husband, Joe, both work at the Federal Correctional Institute in Marianna, but are having to take turns working for weeks at a time at the federal prison in Yazoo City, Miss, a nearly 7-hour drive. Also pictured are their children, Eli and Alexis, who are twins and 3-years-old. Photo by Kevin D. Liles for The New York Times
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