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Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
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Superintendent: Linda Carrington-AllenBedford Hills Correctional Facility is a maximum security level facility for females.
Background
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, a women's prison in the town of Bedford, New York, is the only maximum security New York State women's prison. The prison previously opened under the name Westfield State Farm in 1901. It lies just outside the hamlet and census-designated place Bedford Hills, New York.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1901
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
female
Opened
1901
Region
NY
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Nicole Addimando? · murderer
Nicole "Nikki" Addimando (born November 19, 1988) is an American woman who shot and killed her domestic partner in Poughkeepsie, New York, in September 2017.
- Inez Nathaniel Walker1911–1990 · artist
Inez Nathaniel-Walker (née Stedman) (1911-May 25, 1990) was a self-taught African-American folk artist.
- Carolyn Warmus1964 · bartender
Carolyn Warmus (born January 8, 1964) is an American former elementary schoolteacher who was convicted at age 28 of the 1989 murder of her lover's wife, 40-year-old Betty Jeanne Solomon.
- Marybeth Tinning1942 · serial killer
Marybeth Roe Tinning (born September 11, 1942) is an American murderer and suspected serial killer who was convicted in New York State of the murder of her ninth child, 4-month-old daughter Tami Lynne, on December 20, 1985.
Kathy Boudin1943–2022 · university teacherKathy Boudin (May 19, 1943 â May 1, 2022) was an American radical leftist who served 23 years in prison for felony murder for her role in the 1981 Brink's robbery.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- NYS DOCCS facility â Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
- NYS DOCCS facility directory
- New York State DOCCS â facility directory — State of New York
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4879160)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bedford-hills-correctional-facility-for-women
"Bedford Hills Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bedford-hills-correctional-facility-for-women.
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