Pruntytown Correctional Center (PCC) is a state

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for

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, located at Pruntytown near Grafton,

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. The premises were previously used for a juvenile detention center known as the

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, which closed in 1983. Juvenile prisoners were then transferred to the West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth at Industrial near

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. PCC was opened in 1985 on those grounds. The initial intake consisted of minimum custody adult male inmates whose primary work function was to renovate the facility

Women prisoners

In November 1988 thirty-two state adult female prisoners, were moved to PCC from their previous accommodation within the federal prison system in

Alderson Federal Prison Camp The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson (FPC Alderson) is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. F ...

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, making PCC the State of West Virginia's first adult mixed-sex prison. In January 2007 all female prisoners at PCC were transferred to Lakin Correctional Center, a multi-security female correctional facility located near Point Pleasant in Mason County, West Virginia constructed in 2003. PCC no longer houses female prisoners.

Male prisoners

The male population has a capacity of 369 inmates, including a 24-bed substance abuse treatment unit and an additional 24 beds designated as pre-treatment. The male population consists of low public risk inmates (levels 1, 2, and several 3's) received directly from the regional jails and minimum and medium security inmates from

Huttonsville Correctional Center Huttonsville Correctional Center is a prison located near Huttonsville in Randolph County, West Virginia. It was created by an act of the Legislature in 1937 to relieve overcrowding at the West Virginia State Penitentiary. It remained a branc ...

Denmar Correctional Center The Denmar Correctional Center (DCC) is a state prison located near Hillsboro in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA. Built on the site of the former Denmar Hospital (a facility for tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectio ...

and St. Marys Correctional Center.

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