Valley State Prison
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Valley State Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).
Photo by Bill Abbott via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by Ksba pilot via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1995
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 1 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1995
Region
—
Security level
—
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.
Notable inmates
Diane Downs1955 · mail carrierElizabeth Diane Downs (née Frederickson, born August 7, 1955) is an American woman who murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children on May 19, 1983, in Oregon.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Rikers IslandEast Elmhurst, NYMixedLocal jail42% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
- Gallia County JailGallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
- Noble County JailCaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
- Woodman State JailGatesvilleMaximumState prison720% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
Data completeness
30%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q7912208)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Valley State Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/valley-state-prison
"Valley State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/valley-state-prison.
@misc{worldprisons-valley-state-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Valley State Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/valley-state-prison},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}