The River North Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

Grayson County, Virginia Grayson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,333. Its county seat is Independence. Mount Rogers, the state's highest peak at , is in Grayson County. ...

, owned and operated by the

Virginia Department of Corrections The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is the government agency responsible for community corrections and operating prisons and correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The agency is fully accredited by ...

. The facility was opened in 2013 and has a working capacity of 1024 prisoners held at a medium security level.

Notable inmates

Rodney Fuller: Accomplice of

Teresa Lewis Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis (April 26, 1969 – September 23, 2010) was an People of the United States, American murderer who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her capital punishment, execution. She was sentenced to death by let ...

, who became last woman to be executed in Virginia.

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local news coverage in 2014
{{State prisons in Virginia Prisons in Virginia Buildings and structures in Grayson County, Virginia 2013 establishments in Virginia