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Huttonsville Correctional Center is a prison located near Huttonsville in Randolph County, West Virginia. It was created by an act of the Legislature in 1937 to relieve overcrowding at the West Virginia State Penitentiary. It remained a branch of the parent institution until 1947, at which time the Legislature established it as a separate ...
Huttonsville was named for Jonathan Hutton, a pioneer settler. [5] [6] Located at Huttonsville are the E. E. Hutton House and Tygarts Valley Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [7] Located near Huttonsville are the site of Cheat Summit Fort and Fort Marrow, also listed on the Register. [7]
A notable inmate in the early 20th century was labor activist Eugene V. Debs, who served time there from April 13 to June 14, 1919 (at which time he was transferred to an Atlanta prison) on charges of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. In 1929, the state decided to double the size of the penitentiary due to the problem of overcrowding.
Huttonsville State Farm Wildlife Management Area is located on 2,720 acres (1,100 ha) [2] southeast of Huttonsville in Randolph County, West Virginia. The wildlife management area is centered on the Huttonsville Correctional Center, a West Virginia state prison.
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 Denmar Correctional Center (DCC) is a state prison located near Hillsboro in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA. Built on the site of the former Denmar Hospital (a facility for tuberculosis patients which closed in 1990), DCC was converted to a prison in 1993. A further building project was completed in 2000, including an Industries ...
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood came about five months after the Pritzker administration said it planned to rebuild Stateville in Crest Hill and Logan Correctional Center in ...
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