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Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, a women's prison in the town of Bedford, New York, [3] is the only maximum security New York State women's prison. The prison previously opened under the name Westfield State Farm in 1901. [4] It lies just outside the hamlet and census-designated place Bedford Hills, New York. [5]
[23] [24] She was the first woman sentenced to death in a period of several decades, and at one period, she was the only person in the unit. [25] Initially a set of nine cells in the 504 building, a two-story building for difficult to manage and maximum security prisoners, served as the women's death row.
Pages in category "Women's prisons in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. W.
Taconic is located in Westchester County, approximately fifty miles north of New York City. It lies across the street from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a New York State maximum security women's prison. [5] Despite having a Bedford Hills postal address, the prison lies just outside of the Bedford Hills census-designated place. [6]
The Women's Reception and Evaluation Center, which processes all females entering SCDC, is in the prison. [citation needed] The prison opened in 1973, as "Women's Correctional Institution". It was renamed in 2002 in honor of the first female warden of a maximum-security male prison in South Carolina, Camille Griffin Graham.
State Correctional Institution – Muncy (SCI Muncy) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison for women in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, [1] near Muncy. SCI Muncy, a medium/maximum security prison, [2] houses Pennsylvania's death row for women. [3]
Crain Unit's regular program houses around 1,500 women, and it is one of Texas's main prisons for women. [2] Female prison offenders of the TDCJ are released from this unit. [3] With a capacity of 2,013 inmates, Crain is the TDCJ's largest female prison. [4]
North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) is the primary North Carolina Department of Public Safety prison facility housing female inmates on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves as a support facility for the six other women's prisons throughout the state. The facility's inmate population, which is the ...