As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show.

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Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system—including near total isolation.

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.