Keen Mountain Correctional Center Explained

Prison Name:Keen Mountain Correctional Center
Location:State Route 629,
Oakwood, VA 24631
Status:Open
Classification:Maximum
Capacity:1200
Opened:1990
Managed By:Warden: Israel Hamilton
Director:Chadwick Dotson[1] [2] [3]

Keen Mountain Correctional Center is a level 4, maximum security correctional facility in Oakwood, Virginia. It opened in 1990 and houses up to 1200 adult male offenders.[4]

Notable inmates

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Christopher Bryan Speight1471716Serving 5 life sentences without parole.[5] Perpetrator of the 2010 Appomattox shootings in which he murdered 8 people, including his sister, and her family.[6] [7] [8]
George Wesley Huguely1458946Serving a 23-year sentence.[9] [10] Convicted in the 2010 murder of Yeardley Love, in which Huguely killed her by repeatedly hitting her head against a wall.[11] [12] [13]
Lee Boyd Malvo1180834Serving multiple life sentences.[14] [15] [16] Convicted for his role in the 2002 DC Sniper attacks and sentenced to multiple terms of life imprisonment in both Virginia and Maryland for the murders of ten victims. He was originally sent to Red Onion State Prison, following conviction, but was transferred to Keen Mountain Correctional Center in 2024.[17] [18] [19]

References

  1. https://vadoc.virginia.gov/news-press-releases/2023/chadwick-dotson-named-director-of-virginia-department-of-corrections/
  2. https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/retired-judge-named-director-of-virginia-department-of-corrections-september-15-2023
  3. https://wset.com/news/local/virginia-department-of-corrections-director-retires-following-over-a-decade-of-service-harold-clarke-judge-chadwick-dotson-richmond-september-2023
  4. Web site: Keen Mountain Correctional Center. 26 September 2019. 2018. PrisonPro.com.
  5. Web site: Winter . Michael . Va. man gets 5 life terms after admitting he killed 8 . 2024-02-19 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2010-01-19 . Explosives at Va. shooting suspect’s home . 2024-02-19 . NBC News . en.
  7. Web site: 2010-01-21 . Virginia Family Massacre Victims . 2024-02-19 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2010-01-19 . Suspect in Virginia shooting rampage, Christopher Speight, surrenders after manhunt near Appomattox . 2024-02-19 . New York Daily News . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2012-08-30 . George Huguely's Sentence Reduced To 23 Years In Prison For Yeardley Love's Murder - CBS Baltimore . 2024-02-19 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  10. Web site: Huguely Serving Sentence at Keen Mountain Correctional Center. 23 October 2012. 26 September 2019. NBC29.
  11. Web site: 2010-05-07 . Yeardley Love murder update: Suspect George Huguely got violent when drunk, says friend . 2024-02-19 . New York Daily News . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2010-05-03 . Police: Suspect admits hitting slain woman . 2024-02-19 . NBC News . en.
  13. Web site: George Huguely Trial: Yeardley Love's Brain Hemorrhaged from Force . 2024-02-19 . ABC News . en.
  14. https://www.npr.org/2022/02/08/1079396223/d-c-sniper-lee-boyd-malvo-life-sentence-supreme-court
  15. Web site: 2004-03-09 . Judge affirms life in prison for Malvo . 2024-10-25 . NBC News . en.
  16. Web site: 2006-11-08 . Maryland Sentences Malvo To Life - CBS News . 2024-10-25 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2024-09-09 . DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo transferred from Virginia supermax prison . 2024-10-25 . WTOP News . en.
  18. Web site: 2024-09-10 . Convicted Beltway sniper transferred to Keen Mountain Correctional Center . 2024-10-25 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . en.
  19. Web site: 2024-09-09 . One of the DC Snipers is transferring out of a supermax prison . 2024-10-25 . wusa9.com . en-US.

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