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  2. 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.

  3. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Augusta Correctional Center: Craigsville: Closed on July 1, 2024: Appalachian Detention Center Honaker: 1066 Baskerville Correctional Center Baskerville: 488 Bland Correctional Center Bland: 621 Brunswick Work Center Lawrenceville: 708 Buckingham Correctional Center: Dillwyn: 1,100 Caroline Correctional Unit Hanover: 137 Central Virginia ...

  4. Virginia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    A 1999 report by Human Rights Watch raised concerns over conditions at Red Onion State Prison. The report states that "the Virginia Department of Corrections has failed to embrace basic tenets of sound correctional practice and laws protecting inmates from abusive, degrading or cruel treatment" and claims that "racism, excessive violence and ...

  5. Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls - Wikipedia

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    Petersen renamed the Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls as “Kilbourne Farm,“ the land’s original designation. This girls reformatory evolved over time to become a co-ed, racially integrated state reformatory that is now known as the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, operated by the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice ...

  6. Deerfield Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Level 2 (medium) Capacity. 1,080. Opened. 1994. Managed by. Virginia Department of Corrections. The Deerfield Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1994 and has a working capacity of 1,080 prisoners.

  7. District of Columbia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The latter began as a workhouse for male prisoners in 1910, but later expanded to include eight prisons on 3,000 acres (12 km 2) of land in Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia. In 1999 the DCDC was paying the Virginia Department of Corrections to house 69 prisoners at the Red Onion State Prison. Operations

  8. Augusta Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The Augusta Correctional Center is a state prison for men located near Craigsville in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections, the facility opened in 1986 and has a working capacity of 1,222 prisoners held at a level 3 security level. Inmates must have no disruptive behavior for 2 ...

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

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    SARAH RANKIN. 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 ...