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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]
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]
Topographic map, U.S. Geological Survey, July 1, 1983 In the 1920s, there was a shortage of federal prison space for female inmates. [8] Women offenders either were given alternative punishments or were housed alone within all-male institutions.
Terrell took his problem to the West Virginia Legislature and described the conditions that existed at Moundsville. He explained that "the only sensible solution would be the establishment of a State Prison for Women." Upon his recommendation, the 1945 West Virginia Legislature appropriated $203,000 for the establishment of a State Women's Prison.
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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.
In 1863, West Virginia seceded from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War. Consequently, the new state had a shortage of various public institutions, including prisons. From 1863 to 1866, Governor Arthur I. Boreman lobbied the West Virginia Legislature for a state penitentiary but was repeatedly denied. The Legislature at first ...
Calvin Price State Forest is a 9,482-acre (38 km 2) state forest in eastern Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties, West Virginia. [1] The forest is the newest in West Virginia's system, having been mostly purchased in 1953 from New River Lumber Company. [2] The forest is named for Marlinton newspaper editor, Calvin W. Price.