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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]
This is a list of state prisons in New York. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is the department of the New York State government that maintains the state prisons and parole system. [1] There are 42 prisons funded by the State of New York, and approximately 28,200 parolees at seven regional offices as of ...
An inmate at Westchester County Jail died while in custody Friday of a possible drug overdose, The Post has learned. Dereck Ali, who was locked up on assault and weapons charges out of Yonkers ...
The county is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. [7] According to the 2020 United States Census , the county had a population of 1,004,456, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 55,344 (5.8%) from the 949,113 counted in 2010 .
Joseph Spano, commissioner of the Department of Correction, called the alleged involvement of a corrections officer "disgraceful and upsetting."
The Westchester County Police provide primary law enforcement for county parks, parkways and facilities. They also patrol the Town of Mount Kisco and supplement patrol along with the New York State Police for the Town of Cortlandt. The Department is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Westchester County.
The mother of a 22-year-old Bronx man who died by suicide hours after being transferred into federal custody is seeking to hold Westchester County officials responsible for her son's death.
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]