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2. Wallens Ridge State Prison - Wikipedia

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   Wallens Ridge State Prison is a level 5 state prison located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, housing approximately 1,200 inmates. Since opening in April 1999, it has been a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections , and is identical to the Red Onion State Prison near Pound . [ 1 ]

3. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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   Rustburg Correctional Unit Rustburg: 152 St. Brides Correctional Center: Chesapeake: 1,192 Sussex I State Prison: Waverly: 1,139 Sussex II State Prison: Waverly: Closed on July 1, 2024 [5] Virginia Correctional Center for Women: Goochland: 572 Wallens Ridge State Prison: Big Stone Gap: 1,200 Wise Correctional Unit Coeburn: 108

4. Big Stone Gap, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Big Stone Gap is home to Wallens Ridge State Prison, a state prison that has been a part of the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Corrections since 1999. Originally opened as a supermax prison, it has recently been downgraded to a "high level" security facility. Construction and maintenance of the facility generated millions of dollars for ...

5. Red Onion State Prison - Wikipedia

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   Red Onion State Prison (ROSP) is a supermax state prison located in unincorporated Wise County, Virginia, [4] near Pound. Operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), it houses about 800 inmates. [ 3 ]

6. Category:Supermax prisons - Wikipedia

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   Wallens Ridge State Prison; This page was last edited on 2 August 2016, at 02:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

7. Virginia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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   The facility, which received its first prisoners in 1800 and was completed (with using prison labor) in 1804, (earlier than the current oldest state prison in America, the still standing Eastern State Penitentiary (1829-1971) in Philadelphia and seven years before the neighboring Maryland Penitentiary (now Metropolitan Transitional Center and ...

8. Up the Ridge - Wikipedia

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   Up the Ridge is a 2006 documentary film by Appalshop filmmakers Nick Szuberla and Amelia Kirby revealing injustices in the American prison system. [1] It especially highlights prisoners sent from urban areas to be incarcerated in rural supermax prisons, such as Red Onion State Prison and Wallens Ridge State Prison.

9. Category:Prisons in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Wallens Ridge State Prison This page was last edited on 20 August 2023, at 10:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...