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  2. Incarceration of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    Because Auburn relied on female inmates for its washing and cleaning services, women remained part of the population but the first separate women's institution in New York was not completed until 1893.) [142] A jury convicted the keeper who beat the woman of assault and battery, and fined him $25, but he remained on the job. [143]

  4. Lavinia Fisher - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Female prison officers - Wikipedia

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    Women have served as prison and correctional officers since the early 19th century in London. The focus of research on female correctional officers has mostly been comparatively discussing the male officers' experience versus the female officer's experience. A number of studies are extensions of interviews or surveys solely of corrections staff ...

  6. Category:Women's prisons in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Indiana Women's Prison - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Who was ‘America’s first female serial killer’ Aileen Wuornos?

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    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 ...

  9. List of women on death row in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Barring the granting of clemency, she stands to become the first female British national to be executed since Ruth Ellis in 1955, and the first British black woman executed in more than a century. In 2014, key witnesses against her, including a DEA agent for whom she worked as an informant, recanted and claimed they were coerced into testifying ...