When she was only fifteen, she began a relationship with Fred West who was twenty-eight years old at the time. “I'd rather be in maximum security than minimum security … I'm really good when I'm told what to do in these sorts of situations. Sixty-two per cent of female prisoners also report histories of mental health problems, and many of the women Insight talked to spoke of ongoing problems with anxiety and depression. She received psychiatric treatment. “They’re scared if they’re new receptions,” says Nicole. More from LockdownRelationships in a women’s maximum security prison How do drugs make their way inside a maximum security prison? She would often parade around the home naked in front of her brother, and had climbed into his bed at night and mast*rbated him. When she was being investigated, she initially signed a document stating that she had murdered three of her children, Tami Lynne, Timothy, and Nathan. You will be shocked to find out some of the most bizarre actions fifteen of the most dangerous women alive today carried out before going to prison. As part of Insight’s two-part special, Lockdown, host Jenny Brockie and an all-female team of producers were given a rare glimpse into daily life inside a women’s maximum security prison. For some reason, I always had the idea that nurses were the most selfless people on earth. She spends her time in both Silverwater and Long Bay Prison. How do drugs make their way inside a maximum security prison? Prisons and often jails have varying levels of security. You understand her crazy a bit better when you look at her childhood. This lady is known for killing children. Inmates at Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre Source: Insight, A cell at Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre, Prisoners inside a cell in the induction unit, Relationships in a women’s maximum security prison. She then stole her credit cards and went shopping. Women’s prisons are not designed for extremely dangerous prisoners and most are equivalent to closed low security male prisons or open prisons. She has reportedly “kicked a pregnant nurse in the abdomen while receiving treatment, has thrown a cup of urine on an officer, thrown boiling water at an officer, and assaulted an officer during a search.” She threatened to kill an officer and murdered an inmate with scissors, stabbing him 37 times. “They drive me up the wall. I just can't stand the fact that we're all in here together and the last thing you need to do is go dobbing on each other.”, “We're in jail, we're not at boot camp or boarding school. Penitentiaries are the places where they always housed the real bad convicts. Junko Ogata started off as a normal girl from a rich family. Francisca Ballesteros was born in Spain in 1969. I was heading to a maximum-security women's prison. Public Sector prisons in England and Wales are managed by Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS), which is part of the Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. She tried to escape with another inmate and her stay was extended greatly. Within this routine exists a network of relationships and hierarchies, as Insight discovered. If you try searching her, this is about all you’ll find. She first murdered Norma Davis, an 86-year-old lady she knew very well, by stabbing her, then killed June Roberts with a phone cord, a 66-year-old lady she also knew. Catherine Birnie, for instance, murdered and r*ped women to prove her love to her partner. They were the ones that really cared about people and began the profession because they wanted to help humanity. It wasn’t until after the fourth child that Kathleen’s husband, Craig, found her journal that a trial ran against her. After breakfast, the inmates are free to roam through their assigned wings and grassy areas until 11:30am, when they are locked back into their cells for lunch. She would kill them with strangulation or bludgeoning and then rob them. She seriously harmed six children, murdered four, and tried to kill three more. You will be shocked to find out some of the most bizarre actions fifteen of the most dangerous women alive today carried out before going to prison. Catherine’s mother died giving birth to her brother, when Catherine was only two years old. One of her entries on November 9, 1997 stated the following: “Craig was pretty drunk Friday night. A man who is wickedly wicked must never be allowed to even have any access to the smell of alcohol let alone drinking… She is serving a life sentence and is an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham. Her brother then died a few days later. She was apparently not aware that this was even a possibility. Research reports 36 per cent of female prisoners in NSW and Qld jails were sexually active with fellow inmates. The doctors attributed each death to different things, like cot death and epilepsy. “They can get bashed,” says Meagan. Insight discovers a rigid routine inside Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre and a network of prison politics where "freshies", "dogs", "scrims" and women with all sorts of convictions live side by side. She’s a daughter of a police officer herself, but nothing like her father. Hernando Correctional Institution (capacity 467; women's facility) Holmes Correctional Institution (capacity 1185) Homestead Correctional Institution (capacity 668; women's facility) Jackson Correctional Institution (capacity 1346) Jefferson Correctional Institution (capacity 1179) … This is like watching Law & Order come to life. She tried to kill herself by cutting her throat, lighting her cell on fire and burning herself and cracking her skull by hitting it on walls. This beautiful lady is a mother and a poet. She’s known as the second worst female criminal in Canada. They were both convicted in 1995. Source: Getty Images. Even an adopted son, Michael, died in her care after falling down the stairs. It was when she started dating Futoshi Matsunaga that she turned evil. “I'd rather be in jail any day than rehab,” says Shannon, who is back in jail after deliberately breaching her parole by leaving a treatment program for her ice addiction. Armed correctional officers man security towers to stop escape attempts. This lady used her position as a nurse at the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital Lincolnshire in the children’s ward to hurt children, administrating huge doses of insulin into their systems. The main two security categories of women prisoners are: ... How can I get to an open prison? Level 4: High-Security Prison (Maximum Security) The high-security prisons are known as United States Penitentiaries. From a young age, she would steal money to buy lollies and to upset her divorced mother. In another area, chairs are clustered together for a more intimate visit, with coloured seats indicating the place where the prisoner must sit, facing the watching guards. Genene didn’t have the simplest life. In other words, it was a very different atmosphere than the dark cells of the Prison for Women. Because it was me not them. What an evil lady! You have probably heard this term in lots of television shows and movies. Then they died. The state of Missouri is pretty serious about keeping the inmates at Crossroads contained - it was the first prison in the state to introduce an electric fence that administers a lethal charge. She and her husband killed ten women together between 1973 and 1979. When a place earns nicknames like “The Slaughterhouse” or “House of Pain”, you’d better pray to God that you never get… The women can earn between $24.60 and $70.55 a week to work in prison. She is serving her time at Lane Murray Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Bedford Hills is the only maximum-security prison—and the only one with a live-in nursery program with an onsite doctor—for the approximately 2,350 women incarcerated in New York State. Marie, an American born in 1929, murdered eight of her children before they were even fourteen months old and two of them died naturally. She later tried to claim that she was forced to sign the document to get parole. Inside a women's maximum security prison. She dated David Birnie when she was only fourteen. “We call it ‘slop in a box’ ... you get salads Wednesday and Fridays, you know. Of the nearly 152,000 federal offenders, women consistently account for approximately 7 percent of the federal inmate population. Junko is now serving a life sentence in prison but she just escaped the death penalty. A small number work for Corrective Service Industries, untangling and re-packaging Qantas headsets. But it seems as though most of the crazy ladies on this list were nurses. Although she started off as a nurse, she was dismissed for misuse of drugs. Each one died at a very young age. Women spoke candidly about the lives behind bars and the rigid routine they must follow. She’s serving her time at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. A nightclub owner adopted her when she was young.