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  2. 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 Now withdrawn and retired from prison use, it operated from 1866 to 1995.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.

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

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    The prison is operated by the Moundsville Economic Development Council. ... Last year more than 25,000 visitors stepped through the prison grounds, still owned by the state of West Virginia.

  4. Moundsville, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    www .cityofmoundsville .com. Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. [4] The population was 8,122 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area.

  5. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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    The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is an agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia within the state Department of Homeland Security that operates the state's prisons, jails and juvenile detention facilities. The agency has its headquarters in the state's capital of Charleston. [1]

  6. Virginia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Department of Corrections ( VADOC) is the government agency responsible for community corrections and operating prisons and correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association and is one of the oldest functioning correctional agencies ...

  7. Mount Olive Correctional Complex - Wikipedia

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    Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) is the male maximum security prison for the state of West Virginia, United States. 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 ...

  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. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Red Onion State Prison: Pound: 848 River North Correctional Center: Independence: 1,024 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: Virginia Correctional Center for Women: Goochland: 572 Wallens Ridge ...