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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 and Corrections Facility 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]
FPC Alderson, which opened on April 30, 1927, as the Federal Industrial Institute for Women, [10] was the first federal women's prison in the United States. [11] It was opened during a reform movement in the 1920s to help reform female offenders.
West Virginia portal; Pages in category "Women's prisons in West Virginia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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.
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Women's prisons in West Virginia (3 P) Pages in category "Prisons in West Virginia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton (FCI Hazelton) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates, as well as a secure facility for female inmates, located in unincorporated Preston County, West Virginia. [3]