The Bedford Hills Facility for Women is a prison in Bedford Hills in Bedford City, Westchester County, New York, USA, at 247 Harris Road. Bedford Hills, New York State Correctional Services's only maximum security prison, is the largest women's prison in New York state and has hosted many famous prisoners. The prison previously opened under the name Westfield State Farm in 1901.
Bedford Hills is one of several facilities in New York specifically for women, others are Albion Prison Facility, Bayview Prison Facility, Beacon Correctional Facility, and Taconic Correctional Facility. The family-centered program, founded by Sister Elaine Roulet, has served as a model for other prison programs in the United States and is considered a standard for innovative family-centered programs.
In August 1974, prisoners briefly took over prison parts in response to the prison guards' attacks on the guard's hands in what was then called the August Uprising.
In the post- Furman v. Georgia and before the abolition of the death penalty in 2008, this prison is set to have a state death row for women.
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