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Legal advocates decry conditions at New York’s only maximum-security prison for women

April 4, 2026 by susie day

Nora Mishanec, Times Union, Yahoo News — (EDFORD) A coalition of nonprofits this week joined a growing chorus of concern over what advocates consider "dangerous and deteriorating" conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the state's only maximum-security prison for women...

Opinion: Looking at Women’s Equality Day from behind bars

August 28, 2023 by susie day

By: Serena Martin-Liguori, New York Nonprofit Media: Women are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population, and along with gender-expansive people, often punished more harshly than others in prison.