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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1876

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1876

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). West Virginia Penitentiary. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/west-virginia-penitentiary
Chicago
"West Virginia Penitentiary." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/west-virginia-penitentiary.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-west-virginia-penitentiary,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {West Virginia Penitentiary},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/west-virginia-penitentiary},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}