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Until July 1, 2018, the agency was simply the "West Virginia Division of Corrections" and only operated the adult prisons. On July 1, 2018 the agency absorbed the former West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services and the former West Virginia Regional Jail Authority and assumed its current name. [9] [10]
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.
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In November 2023, West Virginia agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by inmates who described conditions at the jail as inhumane. The lawsuit filed in 2022 on behalf of ...
The Pruntytown Correctional Center (PCC) — a state prison for adult offenders of both genders — opened in 1985 on the old grounds of the former WV Industrial Home for Boys. 39°19′47″N 80°04′26″W / 39.32972°N 80.07389°W / 39.32972; -80
The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public ...
The facility was dedicated on December 12, 1994, and received it first inmates on February 14, 1995. Inmate transfers were completed on March 27, 1995, and the West Virginia Penitentiary was closed. Total construction costs for MOCC were $61.8 million. The facility is encompassed by a secure perimeter fence approximately one mile long.
[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]