Judge signs unprecedented order over now-closed FCI Dublin prison

A federal judge on Tuesday approved an unprecedented order, called a consent decree, over the now-closed FCI Dublin prison, where at least 350 women who were formally incarcerated there are now at other facilities across the country. 

Details of consent decree between Bureau of Prisons and women at FCI Dublin

A legal settlement was reached following years of sexual abuse at a now-shuttered women's prison in Dublin, California, which mandates that the Bureau of Prisons provide better medical and mental healthcare, stop punishing women indiscriminately by putting them in isolation and open its doors and books to a court-appointed monitor who will issue regular reports about what's going on. Here's a closer look at the details.

Oakland federal judge helps former FCI Dublin prisoners gain early freedom

Laura Denisse Russell is home with her family for Thanksgiving after a federal judge in Oakland helped secure her early freedom through a series of extraordinary letters she's been sending to judges across the country about the sexual abuse and medical neglect at the now-shuttered Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin.