NYSDOC – Taconic Correctional Facility

NYSDOC – Taconic Correctional Facility basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 914-241-3010

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Taconic Correctional Facility located at 250 Harris Rd in Bedford Hills, NY are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Taconic Correctional Facility is located in Bedford Hills New York, part of Westchester County. It is a medium security prison that houses females. While incarcerated at Taconic Correctional Facility inmates can earn an adult basic education and GED.

In 1901 it opened as the 'New York State Reformatory for Women' between the ages of 15 and 30. The then Department of Corrections took over the administration of the reformatory in 1926 and, in 1933 it was merged it with the newly opened 'Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for women'. For the next four decades, the reformatory operated as part of Bedford Hills, still the state’s only maximum-security prison for females. In 1973, Taconic began operations as an autonomous medium-security prison. During 1971 and 1972, Bedford Hills was a correctional facility with separate male and female units. In 1973 the male inmates were transferred before the unit closed in June; the unit reopened in December as the Taconic Correctional Facility.

Inmates can take college courses and earn credits through programs offered by several local colleges. Taconic Correctional Facility offers inmates vocational training in cosmetology, business, painting, and decorating. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are also available to inmates, as well as substance abuse treatment services and a Female Trauma Recovery program.

NYSDOC – Taconic Correctional Facility – Handbook for Families of Inmates

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NYSDOC – Taconic Correctional Facility – Visitation

VISITING DAYS & HOURS
8:30 AM to 3:30 PM Weekends and Holidays Foster Care & Child Advocacy Thursdays.  

SPECIAL HOUSING UNIT VISITING DAYS & HOURS (Inmates in SHU – 1 visit within 7 day period) N/A  

NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE VISITS
Unlimited number of visits during visiting hours.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VISITORS PER VISIT/DAY (How many people at a visiting table at one time)
Three adults and 1 lap child/special permission for extra visitors.