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On January 1, 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths. [3] The Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg, the first of the state's 10 regional jails opened in May 1989. The regional jails would gradually replace the 55 county jails. [4]
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.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [ 1 ] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [ 2 ] 102 by hanging , 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains .
The facility is located in an unincorporated area of Preston County, West Virginia, [1] several miles east of Bruceton Mills, [2] less than two miles (3.2 km) west of the Maryland border. The Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Hazelton has three prisons, physically adjacent but distinct: USP Hazelton and the medium-security Federal Correctional ...
Pierce is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after one Mr. Pierce, a railroad official. [ 2 ]
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[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]
Ronald Turney Williams (born April 4, 1943) is an American serial killer, burglar, arsonist, [3] kidnapper, [3] prison escapee, and former fugitive.In 1979, Williams and fourteen other inmates escaped from the West Virginia State Penitentiary, where he was serving a life sentence for the 1975 murder of a police officer. [3]