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Lavinia Fisher (c. 1793 – February 18, 1820) was an American criminal who, according to urban legends, was the first female serial killer in the United States of America. [1] She was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery —a capital offense at the time—not murder .
According to HIV in Prison by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2004 2.4% (1 in 42) of women in American prisons had HIV, while 1.7% (1 in 59) of men had HIV. [64] Additionally, 72% of women entering jail in New York have a medical problem, with 50% having issues regarding their reproductive organs after some time in jail. [90]
This category lists state or federal prisons in the United States which are used or were previously used for the detention of female prisoners. Subcategories This category has the following 42 subcategories, out of 42 total.
The Indiana Women's Prison was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country. [1] The original location of the prison was one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Indianapolis. It has since moved to 2596 Girls School Road, former location of the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility.
She captured the prison in 20 photos. A description winds the reader through the history of the property from the first prison built on the same location in 1853 to the most recent attempt by ...
Known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990.. A victim of child ...
Unlike prisons designed for men in the United States, state prisons for women evolved in three waves, as described in historical detail in Partial Justice: Women in State Prisons by Nicole Hahn Rafter. First, women prisoners were imprisoned alongside men in the "general population," where they were subject to sexual attacks and daily forms of ...
More than 130 women who were formerly inmates at prisons for women in California have filed suit, saying guards sexually abused them.