Global InformationLakin Correctional Center and Jail information
Lakin Correctional Center (LCC) is a women's prison in the community of Lakin in unincorporated Mason County, West Virginia.[1]
It is on a portion of former Lakin State Hospital property,[2] on West Virginia Route 62, in proximity to West Columbia, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Point Pleasant,[3] and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the Army National Guard armory.[4] A part of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, it is the sole prison in that system that has only female prisoners.[3] It has a capacity of 462 prisoners.[2]
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Mason County, WV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/21). Retrieved 2022-08-14.
Lakin Corr Facility
- ^ a b "Lakin Correctional Center". West Virginia Encyclopedia. West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
- ^ a b "Lakin Correctional Center and Jail." West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on November 17, 2018. "11264 Ohio River Road, West Columbia, WV 25287 (Mason County)"
- ^ Steelhammer, Rick (2015-09-16). "Mason residents pleased with Lakin decision, unhappy about prison expansion plan". West Virginia Gazette Mail. Retrieved 2018-11-17.