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Location Capacity Notes Augusta Correctional Center: Craigsville: Closed on July 1, 2024 [1] Appalachian Detention Center Honaker: 1066 Baskerville Correctional Center Baskerville: 488 Bland Correctional Center Bland: 621 Brunswick Work Center Lawrenceville: 708 Buckingham Correctional Center: Dillwyn: 1,100 Caroline Correctional Unit Hanover: 137
By an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1944, the VADOC was officially formed out of the former Virginia Department of Welfare and Institutions, the Virginia Parole Board, and the Virginia Department of Probation and Parole Services. Today, the VADOC oversees all operations of the Commonwealth's corrections facilities.
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] The prison was built for over $70 million.
The Indian Creek Correctional Center (ICCC) is a Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) state prison for men. The prison is located in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the North Carolina border. The facility was opened in 1994 and specializes in long-term treatment of incarcerated substance abusers.
The River North Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Independence, Grayson County, Virginia, owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 2013 and has a working capacity of 1024 prisoners held at a medium security level.
The Dillwyn Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Dillwyn, Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. It is owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1993 and has a daily working population of 1106 inmates, held at a range of security levels.
The number of elderly prisoners has increased in Virginia's inmate population since the Commonwealth's abolition of parole in 1994. [2] It is a level-two security prison (medium). [3] The site is adjacent to Virginia's former Southampton Correctional Center, which was established in 1938 as an agricultural facility.
Sussex I State Prison is a prison of the Virginia Department of Corrections located in unincorporated Sussex County, Virginia, [2] near Waverly. [3] It is adjacent to Sussex II State Prison, which lies to its northwest, just across Mussellwhite Drive. The prison, a maximum security facility, opened in May 1998. [4] It serves as an intake ...