Historically, women receive far shorter prison sentences for the same crimes as men. And yet, here are a few examples of women serving the longest prison sentences ever.

Nearly 100 years ago on Nov. 24, 1928, the first federal prison for women in the country, the Federal Industrial Institution, ...

A 43-year-old convicted murderer incarcerated since a teen has been handed an additional 12 months behind bars for confining ...

Women in this facility endure dehumanizing procedures that contradict every value espoused in the Governor’s river of hope-filled sentiments. It is the height of irony. In the same month officially ...

Louisiana’s only women's prison formally opened Thursday, after nine years of temporary housing arrangements for over 1,000 female inmates who were displaced by a devastating 2016 flood. The brand-new ...

Alabama is spending $1.25 billion to build a 4,000-bed prison for men intended to help with the crowding, violence, weapons, and drugs that plague the state’s aging and understaffed correctional ...