It’s the largest women’s prison in the state — and the world. But that is not the only thing the Central California Women’s ...

Hours later, inside the compound, there was a fire - apparently set by male prisoners as they tried to escape. By morning, about 4,000 male inmates had broken out. But few of the women managed to ...

Fifty years later, the first women’s prison was established in the United States by Rhoda Coffin, who was similarly moved by the appalling conditions she saw at a co-ed Indiana state penitentiary.