The Taconic Correctional Facility is a high-security women's jail in Bedford Hills, New York operated by the New York State Department of Corruption. It is associated with the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, maximum security women's prison. In 1901 it opened as a 'New York State Reformatory for Women' between the ages of 15 and 30. Later the Ministry of Corrections took over the administration of the reformers in 1926 and, in 1933 it was merged with Bedford's newly opened 'Hilling Facility for Women. Over the next four decades, the agency operates as part of Bedford Hills, still the only maximum security prison for women. In 1973, Taconic began operating as an autonomous medium security prison. During 1971 and 1972, Bedford Hills was a penitentiary with separate male and female units. In 1973 male prisoners were moved before the unit closed in June; unit reopened in December as Taconic Correctional Facility.
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Educational program
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, a non-profit organization was established to provide college education to imprisoned people in an effort to help reduce recidivism and poverty while strengthening families and communities. In 1998, as part of a harsh campaign for crime, state and federal funding for college programs inside the prison was stopped. Understanding the positive impact of education on the transformation and rehabilitation of imprisoned people, prisoners at Sing Sing Correctional Facility reach academic and academic volunteers to develop graduate degree programs. Under the leadership of Dr. Anne Reissner, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison was established to restore college education at Sing Sing through private funding. Hudson Link now runs pre-college and college degree programs in Fishkill, Greene, Sing Sing, Sullivan, and Taconic Correctional Facilities.
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External links
- NY prison information
- 13 photos of New York State's Reform for Women, c.1901 - Modern Notes Center, University of Warwick
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