The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a former maximum-security prison that once held far more inmates than it was built for, continues to draw thousands of visitors each season to its historic ...
In January 2026, during Operation Country Roads, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and state and local law enforcement detained roughly 600 immigrants across West Virginia. Many of those arrested ...
Now a tourist destination, the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville was closed to inmates in 1995. More than a century before Immigration and Customs Enforcement was established, West Virginia ...
West Virginia was paid for housing each federal prisoner, and the state’s prison administration was desperate for this revenue. Reports that I reviewed from the penitentiary’s wardens and supervisory ...
In January 2026, during Operation Country Roads, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and state and local law enforcement detained roughly 600 immigrants across West Virginia. Many of those arrested ...