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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 ...
The West Virginia Division of Corrections 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]
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.
The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Southern Unionist from northwestern counties of the state of Virginia. They aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made at the start of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
According to The West Virginia Encyclopedia (e-WV), "For generations of West Virginia youth, the name Pruntytown was synonymous with reform school". [5] The facility closed in 1983. The Pruntytown Correctional Center (PCC) — a minimum-security state prison for adult offenders of both genders — opened in 1985 on the old grounds.
This is a list of lists of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories): US State Prisons Per State Alabama
Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.Mount Olive is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northwest of Gauley Bridge.The town itself has no ZIP code; however, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, West Virginia's maximum-security state prison, is located near the town and has a post office with ZIP code 25185.
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 .