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  2. 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 ...

  3. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Marion Correctional Treatment Center Marion: 375 Mental health hospital Mecklenburg Correctional Center: Boydton: Closed 2012 Nottoway Correctional Center: Burkeville: 1,112 Patrick Henry Correctional Unit Ridgeway: 136 Pocahontas State Correctional Center: Pocahontas: 1,034 Powhatan Correctional Center Closed 2015 Red Onion State Prison: Pound ...

  4. Lorton Reformatory - Wikipedia

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    Lorton Reformatory. The Lorton Reformatory, also known as the Lorton Correctional Complex, is a former prison complex in Lorton, Virginia, established in 1910 for the District of Columbia, United States. The complex began as a prison farm called the Occoquan Workhouse for nonviolent offenders serving short sentences.

  5. Mecklenburg Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 36°39′39″N 78°21′49″W. Mecklenburg Correctional Center was a maximum security prison operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections in unincorporated Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States, [1] near Boydton. It was closed in 2012 due to a decrease in the number of inmates in the Virginia corrections system and ...

  6. List of people executed in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    List of people executed in Virginia. Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent ...

  7. ‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show ...

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    May 19, 2024 at 2:49 AM. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that ...

  8. List of jail and prison museums - Wikipedia

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    Jail. Part of the jail is incorporated into the King George Inn, which includes a museum and artifacts from its time as a working jail. [2] Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Beloozero. Vologda Oblast. Russia. Prison. Kosciusko County Jail Museum.

  9. Indian Creek Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    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.