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On January 1, 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths. [3] The Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg, the first of the state's 10 regional jails opened in May 1989. The regional jails would gradually replace the 55 county jails. [4]
On November 22, 2016, inmate Oscar Pirtle was killed in an altercation with another inmate. [15] On April 23, 2019, after a guard was assaulted by an inmate in a housing units, he was taken by ambulance and hospitalized, said MTC spokesperson Issa Arnita. The Marshall County Sheriff reported that a fire broke out during the incident.
It remained West Virginia's maximum security penitentiary from 1876 until 1995 (with a section for female inmates until construction of a separate facility in the 1940s). A more modern set of buildings at the town's outskirts is now the northern regional jail. The Marshall County courthouse was rebuilt in 1876.
Jail or Agency: Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority - Amherst County Adult Detention Center; State: Virginia; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/26/2016; Age at death: 23; Sources: Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, wset.com, www.newsadvance.com
[3] [4] Within nine years, West Virginia Penitentiary was closed as a prison. [3] [4] Most of the inmates were transferred to the Mt. Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County, West Virginia. [2] [3] A smaller correctional facility was built a mile away in Moundsville to serve as a regional jail. [2] [3]
Sherrard is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. Sherrard is located on West Virginia Route 88, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of McMechen. It is named for politician and lawyer Sherrard Clemens.
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