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2. 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.

3. West Virginia Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   NRHP reference No. 96000987 [1] Added to NRHP. September 19, 1996. The West Virginia Penitentiary is a gothic -style prison located in Moundsville, West Virginia. Now withdrawn and retired from prison use, it operated from 1866 to 1995. Currently, the site is maintained as a tourist attraction, museum, training facility, and filming location.

4. Pruntytown Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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   1985. Managed by. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Pruntytown Correctional Center (PCC) is a state prison for West Virginia, located at Pruntytown near Grafton, West Virginia, USA. The premises were previously used for a juvenile detention center known as the West Virginia Industrial Home for Boys, which closed in 1983.

5. History and mystery merge at former West Virginia ... - AOL

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   The prison's fate was sealed in 1986 when the West Virginia State Supreme Court ruled that confinement to a 5-by-7-foot cell was considered cruel and unusual punishment. ... Last year more than ...

6. Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown - Wikipedia

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   Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Prison Camp, Morgantown (FPC Morgantown)[ 1 ] is a minimum-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility has been nicknamed 'Club Fed' because of its amenities ...

7. 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]

8. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Wikipedia

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   Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Constructed 1858–1881. Opened to patients 1864. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia and known by other names such as West Virginia Hospital for the Insane and Weston State Hospital. The asylum was open to patients from October 1864 until May 1994.

9. Category:Prisons in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Template:State prisons in West Virginia. Categories: Penal system in West Virginia. Prisons in the United States by state. Government buildings in West Virginia. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.