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In the United States, authorities began housing women in correctional facilities separate from men in the 1870s. [21] The first American female correctional facility with dedicated buildings and staff was the Mount Pleasant Female Prison in Ossining, New York; the facility had some operational dependence on nearby Sing Sing, a men's prison. [22]
The Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, formerly the Tennessee Prison for Women, is a Tennessee Department of Correction prison for women located in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] DJRC, the state's primary women's correctional facility, houses women of all custody levels. The prison serves as the state's new female prisoner intake and ...
10507-2400. 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.
Maryland Correctional Institution for Women. Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center. Mississippi State Penitentiary. Montana Women's Prison. Montgomery Women's Facility.
Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women is a prison operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. It has a Troy postal address, and is in unincorporated Fluvanna County, [ 3 ] about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Richmond. The security level 3 facility housed 1,199 female inmates as of June 2008, [ 1 ] including formerly housing the women's ...
Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) is an American women's California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison located in Chowchilla, California. [2] It is across the road from Valley State Prison. CCWF is the second largest female correctional facility in the United States, [3] and houses the only State of California ...
The facility was named for Edna Mahan (b. 1900, pronounced Mann), one of the first female correctional superintendents in the U.S. The current administrator is William Hauck; he has served in that position for four years. As of February 2009, the prison held 950 inmates in maximum, medium, and minimum security sections.
Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW) is a prison for women with its permanent pre-2016 facility located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, United States. It is the only female correctional facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Elayn Hunt Correctional Center is immediately west of LCIW. [1]