BRYAN, Texas — Daisy Perez has lived across the street from the all-women’s prison in her residential community for nine years, forming a careful, if not curious, co-existence with her fenced-in neighbors clad in matching khakis and boots. The prisoners at Federal Prison Camp Bryan wave to Perez, 42, and her 78-year-old mother while they’re looping around the recreation yard. They wave as they pick up litter along the roadside. On Sundays, Perez sees them with visitors outside, the scene reminiscent to her of families enjoying a carefree day at the park.

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