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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 Now withdrawn and retired from prison use, it operated from 1866 to 1995.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]
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.
Dec 26, 1986 · By BRIAN FARKAS. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The bloody New Year's Day riot at West Virginia Penitentiary, followed by months of aftershocks, turned 1986 into the most violent year at the prison...
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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Dec 14, 2010 · Discover West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia: Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Jun 6, 2017 · The West Virginia State Penitentiary is an imposing, gothic style prison located in Moundsville, WV. It operated from 1876 to 1995. Now open for tours, it stands as a monument to a bygone era, and provides ongoing testimony to man’s inhumanity to man.
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Between 1899 and 1959, ninety-four men were hanged or electrocuted at the West Virginia Penitentiary, beginning with Shep Caldwell. Caldwell had been convicted of murdering his mistress, Rose Henshaw, in Keystone, McDowell County, the previous June, after discovering her with another man.
