What's life like for the 15,000 women behind bars in Mexico? In many ways, it's far worse than you might think.

Reyna, who ran a violent Houston brothel tied to the Southwest Cholos gang, was sentenced to life in federal prison.

In the federal prison system, 64% of the women serving time are drug offenders. It’s not that women are committing more crimes today; it’s simply that the penalties have changed and judges are now ...