The Berkshire Industrial Farm (previously known as the Burnham Industrial Farm) in Canaan, New York, was a rural residential facility for troubled young men from the New York area in the late 19th century.
[1] Today, it is known as Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth (BFC)[2] and is one of New York State's largest non-profit child welfare agencies, serving more than 3,000 wards.
Berkshire Farm Center also puts children in juvenile detention.
BFC owns and operates the following juvenile detention facilities: Burnham Youth Safe Center in Canaan, New York, Capital District Secure Detention in Albany, New York (which imprisons youth aged 10 to 25),[3] Orange County Non-Secure Detention in Middletown, New York, and Warren County Non-Secure Detention in Queensbury, New York.
BFC owns and operates many group homes in the state of New York.