NOTE: The Mercury is not responsible for you getting too emotionally attached to your prison pen pal. You’re an adult, and you need to start acting like one. Also—be nice! These gals are in prison, ...

Washington Examiner: More female inmates allege sexual abuse in transgender separation case

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State women's prison inmates propose plan to release 800 women in 3 years

MSN: Las Vegas woman starts prison pen pal program to inspire incarcerated women

Las Vegas woman starts prison pen pal program to inspire incarcerated women

MSN: Opinion: Inside the women’s prison where violent male inmates have their way

Opinion: Inside the women’s prison where violent male inmates have their way

In the 14th century, female appeared in English with such spellings as femel, femelle, and female. The word comes from the Latin femella, meaning "young woman, girl," which in turn is based on femina, meaning "woman."

FEMALE definition: 1. belonging or relating to women or girls: 2. belonging or relating to the sex that can give…. Learn more.

Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive system, as with mammary glands in mammals.

You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female. Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.