West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
State agency of West Virginia
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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] The state incarcerates 273 women per 100,000 population, the highest rate of female incarceration in the world, ahead of all other states and foreign nations.[2]
History
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 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]
The former Salem Industrial Home for Youth was converted into an adult prison, the Salem Correctional Center, in 2015.[5]
All of the division's facilities are overcrowded and understaffed. Press reports in late 2017 indicated the division was short three hundred correctional officers.[6] Press reports in early 2018 showed that pay for correctional officers in the state ranked 49th in the nation. New correctional officers started at $24,664, about twelve dollars an hour.[7]
From February to July 2018, National Guard troops supplemented the overworked officers. At the end of that period, the Fire Marshal's Office continued to support the division.[8]
Until July 1, 2018, the agency was simply the "West Virginia Division of Corrections" and only operated the adult prisons. On July 1, 2018 the agency absorbed the former West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services and the former West Virginia Regional Jail Authority and assumed its current name.[9][10]
Facilities
Community Correctional Facilities
| Name | Beds | City | County | Security level | Note | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Correctional Center | 204 | Neola | Greenbrier County | minimum | Youthful Offender Facility | [11] |
| Beckley Correctional Center | 137 | Beckley | Raleigh County | minimum | Work Release facility, male & female | [12] |
| Charleston Correctional Center | 128 | Charleston | Kanawha County | minimum | Work Release facility, male & female | [13] |
| Parkersburg Correctional Center and Wood County Holding Center | 306 | Parkersburg | Wood County | minimum | Work Release & Substance Abuse Treatment facility, male | [14] |
Adult Correctional Facilities
| Name | Initials | City | County | Note | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmar Correctional Center | DCC | Hillsboro | Pocahontas County | Medium (male) | [15] |
| Huttonsville Correctional Center/Huttonsville Work Camp | HCC | Huttonsville | Randolph County | Close (male) | [16] |
| Lakin Correctional Center | LCC | West Columbia | Mason County | All levels & intake facility (female) | [17] |
| Martinsburg Correctional Center | MCC | Martinsburg | Berkeley County | Intake Facility (male) | [18] |
| Mount Olive Correctional Complex/Slayton Work Camp | MOCC | Mount Olive | Fayette County | Maximum (male) | [19] |
| Northern Correctional Facility | NCF | Moundsville | Marshall County | Close (male) | [20] |
| Ohio County Correctional Center | OCCC | Wheeling | Ohio County | Minimum (male) | [21] |
| Pruntytown Correctional Center | PCC | Grafton | Taylor County | Medium (male) | [22] |
| St. Marys Correctional Center | SMCC | St. Marys | Pleasants County | Medium (male) | [23] |
| Salem Correctional Center | SCC | Salem | Harrison County | All levels, (Male) intake
Medium, (Male) Residents |
[24] |
County Owned Contract Facilities
| Name | City | County | Note | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Correctional Center/McDowell County Corrections | Welch | McDowell County | Owned by the McDowell County Commission and contracted to house overflow state inmates. | [25] |
Regional Jails
| Name | City | County | Opened[26] | Counties Served | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Flatwoods | Braxton County | Feb. 1993 | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, Webster | [27] |
| Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility | Martinsburg | Berkeley County | Sept. 1999 | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | [28] |
| North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Greenwood | Doddridge County | Aug. 2001 | Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | [29] |
| Northern Regional Jail | Moundsville | Marshall County | Nov. 1994 | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Wetzel | [30] |
| Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Augusta | Hampshire County | Feb. 2000 | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | [31] |
| South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Charleston | Kanawha County | July 1993 | Jackson, Kanawha | [32] |
| Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Beaver | Raleigh County | June 1994 | Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Wyoming | [33] |
| Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Holden | Logan County | April 1998 | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo | [34] |
| Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Belington | Randolph County | Aug. 2005 | Barbour, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur | [35] |
| Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility | Barboursville | Cabell County | Dec. 2003 | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | [36] |
Juvenile Correctional Facilities
| Name | Beds | City | County | Security level | Note | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center | 48 | Julian | Boone County | maximum | [37] | |
| Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center | 23 | Mount Hope | Fayette County | unknown | [38] | |
| J.M. "Chick" Buckbee Juvenile Center | 24 | Augusta | Hampshire County | unknown | [39] | |
| Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein Juvenile Center | 84 | Davis | Tucker County | minimum | [40] | |
| Lorrie Yeager Jr. Juvenile Center | 24 | Parkersburg | Wood County | maximum | [41] | |
| Robert L. Shell Juvenile Diagnostic and Intake Center | 23 | Barboursville | Cabell County | unknown | [42] | |
| Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center | 26 | Wheeling | Ohio County | unknown | [43] | |
| Sam Perdue Juvenile Center | unknown | Princeton | Mercer County | unknown | [44] | |
| James H. "Tiger" Morton Juvenile Center | 23 | Dunbar | Kanawha County | unknown | [45] | |
| Vicki V. Douglas Juvenile Center | 23 | Martinsburg | Berkeley & Jefferson Counties | unknown | [46] | |
Youth Reporting Centers
| Name | City | County | Counties Served | Note | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Logan County Youth Reporting Center | Madison | Boone County | Boone, Logan | [47] | |
| Brooke Hancock County Youth Reporting Center | Weirton | Hancock County | Brooke, Hancock | [48] | |
| Cabell County Youth Reporting Center | Huntington | Cabell County | Cabell | [49] | |
| Fayette County Youth Reporting Center | Oak Hill | Fayette County | Fayette | [50] | |
| Greenbrier County Youth Reporting Center | Lewisburg | Greenbrier County | Greenbrier | [51] | |
| Harrison County Youth Reporting Center | Clarksburg | Harrison County | Harrison | [52] | |
| Jefferson County Youth Reporting Center | Ranson | Jefferson County | Jefferson | [53] | |
| Kanawha County Youth Reporting Center | Charleston | Kanawha County | Kanawha | [54] | |
| Lincoln County Youth Reporting Center | Hamlin | Lincoln County | Lincoln | [55] | |
| Marion County Youth Reporting Center | Fairmont | Marion County | Marion | [56] | |
| Mason County Youth Reporting Center | Point Pleasant | Mason County | Mason | [57] | |
| Mercer County Youth Reporting Center | Princeton | Mercer County | Mercer | [58] | |
| Putnam County Youth Reporting Center | Winfield | Putnam County | Putnam | [59] | |
| STARS Berkeley County Youth Reporting Center | Martinsburg | Berkeley County | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | [60] | |
| Wetzel Tyler County Youth Reporting Center | Paden City | Wetzel County | Wetzel, Tyler | [61] | |
| Wood County Youth Reporting Center | Vienna | Wood County | Wood | [62] | |
Fallen officers
Seven officers have died in the line of duty. One by assault, one by automobile crash, one by gunfire, and four by stabbing. Six of these officers were male and one was female.[63]
