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The West Virginia Penitentiary is a gothic -style prison located in Moundsville, West Virginia. Now withdrawn and retired from prison use, it operated from 1866 to 1995. Currently, the site is maintained as a tourist attraction, museum, training facility, and filming location. [2]
This site is set-up for offenders that are under active supervision, in prison or on parole status only, with WV Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Those that have discharged or have moved from the custody of the WV Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation will NOT appear in the search.
The attention of the West Virginia Supreme Court was initially drawn to the Penitentiary in Moundsville in the case of inmate Jesse White. White, a convicted murderer, found the conditions in prison to be so poor that he began a hunger strike in protest.
Mar 18, 2021 · As a result of a 1981 petition filed by inmate Robert Crain, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled in 1986 that conditions at the West Virginia Penitentiary were, essentially, deplorable and resulted in cruel and unusual punishment.
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The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation 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.
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