West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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.<ref>"Contact." West Virginia Division of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History

On January 1, 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths.<ref name="SoS">Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The former Salem Industrial Home for Youth was converted into an adult prison, the Salem Correctional Center, in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

All of the division's facilities are overcrowded and understaffed. Press reports in late 2017 indicated the division was short three hundred correctional officers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>W.Va. announces leadership for consolidated corrections.</ref>

Facilities

Community Correctional Facilities

Name	Beds	City	County	Security level	Note	Cite
Anthony Correctional Center	204	Neola	Greenbrier County	minimum	Youthful Offender Facility	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Beckley Correctional Center	137	Beckley	Raleigh County	minimum	Work Release facility, male & female	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Charleston Correctional Center	128	Charleston	Kanawha County	minimum	Work Release facility, male & female	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Parkersburg Correctional Center and Wood County Holding Center	306	Parkersburg	Wood County	minimum	Work Release & Substance Abuse Treatment facility, male	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Adult Correctional Facilities

Name	Initials	City	County	Note	Cite
Denmar Correctional Center	DCC	Hillsboro	Pocahontas County	Medium (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Huttonsville Correctional Center/Huttonsville Work Camp	HCC	Huttonsville	Randolph County	Close (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lakin Correctional Center	LCC	West Columbia	Mason County	All levels & intake facility (female)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Martinsburg Correctional Center	MCC	Martinsburg	Berkeley County	Intake Facility (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mount Olive Correctional Complex/Slayton Work Camp	MOCC	Mount Olive	Fayette County	Maximum (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Northern Correctional Facility	NCF	Moundsville	Marshall County	Close (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ohio County Correctional Center	OCCC	Wheeling	Ohio County	Minimum (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pruntytown Correctional Center	PCC	Grafton	Taylor County	Medium (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
St. Marys Correctional Center	SMCC	St. Marys	Pleasants County	Medium (male)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Salem Correctional Center	SCC	Salem	Harrison County	All levels, (Male) intake Medium, (Male) Residents	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Regional Jails

Name	City	County	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Counties Served	Cite
Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Flatwoods	Braxton County	Feb. 1993	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, Webster	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility	Martinsburg	Berkeley County	Sept. 1999	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Greenwood	Doddridge County	Aug. 2001	Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Northern Regional Jail	Moundsville	Marshall County	Nov. 1994	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Wetzel	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Augusta	Hampshire County	Feb. 2000	Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Charleston	Kanawha County	July 1993	Jackson, Kanawha	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Beaver	Raleigh County	June 1994	Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Wyoming	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Holden	Logan County	April 1998	Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Belington	Randolph County	Aug. 2005	Barbour, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility	Barboursville	Cabell County	Dec. 2003	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Juvenile Correctional Facilities

Name	Beds	City	County	Security level	Note	Cite
Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center	48	Julian	Boone County	maximum		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center	23	Mount Hope	Fayette County	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee Juvenile Center	24	Augusta	Hampshire County	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein Juvenile Center	84	Davis	Tucker County	minimum		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lorrie Yeager Jr. Juvenile Center	24	Parkersburg	Wood County	maximum		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Robert L. Shell Juvenile Diagnostic and Intake Center	23	Barboursville	Cabell County	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center	26	Wheeling	Ohio County	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sam Perdue Juvenile Center	unknown	Princeton	Mercer County	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
James H. "Tiger" Morton Juvenile Center	23	Dunbar	Kanawha County	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Vicki V. Douglas Juvenile Center	23	Martinsburg	Berkeley & Jefferson Counties	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Youth Reporting Centers

Name	City	County	Counties Served	Note	Cite
Boone Logan County Youth Reporting Center	Madison	Boone County	Boone, Logan		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Brooke Hancock County Youth Reporting Center	Weirton	Hancock County	Brooke, Hancock		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cabell County Youth Reporting Center	Huntington	Cabell County	Cabell		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fayette County Youth Reporting Center	Oak Hill	Fayette County	Fayette		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Greenbrier County Youth Reporting Center	Lewisburg	Greenbrier County	Greenbrier		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Harrison County Youth Reporting Center	Clarksburg	Harrison County	Harrison		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Jefferson County Youth Reporting Center	Ranson	Jefferson County	Jefferson		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kanawha County Youth Reporting Center	Charleston	Kanawha County	Kanawha		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lincoln County Youth Reporting Center	Hamlin	Lincoln County	Lincoln		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Marion County Youth Reporting Center	Fairmont	Marion County	Marion		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mason County Youth Reporting Center	Point Pleasant	Mason County	Mason		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mercer County Youth Reporting Center	Princeton	Mercer County	Mercer		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Putnam County Youth Reporting Center	Winfield	Putnam County	Putnam		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
STARS Berkeley County Youth Reporting Center	Martinsburg	Berkeley County	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wetzel Tyler County Youth Reporting Center	Paden City	Wetzel County	Wetzel, Tyler		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wood County Youth Reporting Center	Vienna	Wood County	Wood		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>The Officer Down Memorial Page</ref>

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in West Virginia
• List of United States state correction agencies
• List of U.S. state prisons
• West Virginia Penitentiary

External links

• Official website of West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation