Alderson Federal Prison Camp, also known as Federal Prison Camp, Alderson or FPC Alderson, is a Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons

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 minimum security prison for women

Incarceration of women

This article discusses the incarceration of women in correctional facilities.-History:In the United States, authorities began housing women in correctional facilities separate from men in the 1870s...

 in the United States

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 in unincorporated

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 Monroe County

Monroe County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 14,583 people, 5,447 households, and 3,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 7,267 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

 and Summers County

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 in West Virginia

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. Alderson, West Virginia, was chosen as the site for the first federal prison for women and the facility opened on November 14, 1928.

The prison camp has a population of around 1,050. The prison is 270 miles (434.5 km) southwest of Washington, DC.