Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women is a prison in Bedford Hills in the Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States, at 247 Harris Road. Bedford Hills, the only New York State Department of Correctional Services women's maximum security prison, is the largest women's prison in New York state and has hosted many infamous prisoners. The prison previously opened under the name Westfield State Farm in 1901. In August 1974, the prisoners briefly took over parts of the prison in reaction to a prison organizer's assault at the hands of guards.