A Minnesota woman will spend decades behind bars for a horrifying and bizarre regime of abuse and torture meted out to her children, authorities announced this week.

In June, Jorden Borders, 35, was convicted on all of the 11 charges against her, including one count of attempted murder, three counts of child torture, three counts of stalking, and four counts of theft by false representation, according to the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

On Thursday, she was sentenced to spend 468 months – just shy of 40 years – in state prison by Crow Wing County Judge Patricia Aanes.

"Borders' crimes are some of the most heinous and agonizing I have seen in my time as Attorney General," Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement. "I am praying for her children's recovery from the suffer

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