The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the "rape club" because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct.

In a record settlement, the federal government will pay over $116 million to more than 100 women who were victims of sexual abuse by employees at a now-closed federal prison in Dublin, California, which was dubbed the "rape club.

The DOJ will pay nearly $116 million to more than 100 women who were sexually abused at a Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, known as the "rape club."