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Keen Mountain Correctional Center

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Keen Mountain Correctional Center is a state prison located in Buchanan County, Virginia. Rated capacity: 870. Reported population: 723. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

Keen Mountain Correctional Center is a level 4, maximum security correctional facility in Oakwood, Virginia. It opened in 1990 and houses up to 1200 adult male offenders.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

750

Current population

723

Occupancy

96%

Year opened

1990

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1990

Region

VA

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

State Route 629, Oakwood 24631
(276) 498-7411
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 96% · peers avg: 93% (+4%)
Capacity (beds)this: 750 · peers avg: 547 (+37%)

Data completeness

74%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-keen-mountain-correctional-,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Keen Mountain Correctional Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/keen-mountain-correctional-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-26}
}