# Oldest, longest serving male, female prisoners?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-longest-serving-male-female-prisoners/660497 "2013-06-08T20:39:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-longest-serving-male-female-prisoners/660497/1 "2013-06-08T20:39:16Z")

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Who still in prison holds the records in the U.S. for:  
Male prisoner: oldest?  
Female prisoner: oldest?  
Male prisoner: have served longest years in prison for current offense?  
Female prisoner: have served longest years in prison for current offense?

What were their crimes?

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**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-longest-serving-male-female-prisoners/660497/2 "2013-06-09T02:35:42Z")

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[Here you go.](http://azdatapages.com/longest-serving-male-inmates.html)

According to this article Francis Clifford Smith, of Connecticut. Smith, 87, has been imprisoned for 62 years and one month. So that’s the answer to the male half of the question.