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  2. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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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 and Corrections Facility 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.

  3. Category:Prisons in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects ... West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; A. Federal Prison Camp, Alderson ... Template:State prisons in West ...

  4. Lists of United States state prisons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of lists of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories): US State Prisons Per State Alabama

  5. United States Penitentiary, Hazelton - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, Hazelton (USP Hazelton) is a high-security United States federal prison for men in West Virginia. The high-security facility has earned the nickname "Misery Mountain" by the inmates who are incarcerated there. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice ...

  6. Lakin Correctional Center and Jail - Wikipedia

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    Lakin Correctional Center (LCC) is a women's prison in the community of Lakin in unincorporated Mason County, West Virginia. [1]It is on a portion of former Lakin State Hospital property, [2] on West Virginia Route 62, in proximity to West Columbia, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Point Pleasant, [3] and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the Army National Guard armory. [4]

  7. West Virginia Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    In 1863, West Virginia seceded from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War. Consequently, the new state had a shortage of various public institutions, including prisons. From 1863 to 1866, Governor Arthur I. Boreman lobbied the West Virginia Legislature for a state penitentiary but was repeatedly denied. The Legislature at first ...

  8. Mount Olive Correctional Complex - Wikipedia

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    MOCC is an operational unit of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Built as a replacement for the Civil War-era West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville, Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) is located seven miles east of Montgomery on Cannelton Hollow Road in Fayette County. MOCC is the state's only maximum ...

  9. Federal Prison Camp, Alderson - Wikipedia

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    It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FPC Alderson is in two West Virginia counties, near the town of Alderson. A portion of the prison is in unincorporated Monroe County, while the other portion of the prison, [2] including the dormitories, is in unincorporated Summers County.