Pocahontas State Correctional Center
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The Pocahontas State Correctional Center is a medium-security prison
located on 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) just outside the town of Pocahontas, Virginia
. The $68.6 million facility was completed in the summer of 2007, and opened in September, 2007.
The prison will provide counseling and group programs, including Alcoholics Anonymous
, Narcotics Anonymous
, Anger Control, Breaking Barriers, and Phases I and II of Psycho-Educational Substance Abuse.
Basic education/GED preparation, Literary Incentive Program, and college courses will be offered to inmates. Additionally, vocational courses will be provided, including electricity, small engine and motorcycle repair, floor covering, general maintenance, carpentry, plumbing and computer literacy.
Responsible for overseeing and constructing of the prison was Warden S. K. Young, a graduate of Emory and Henry College
. Mr. Young has 26 years of experience dealing with prisons at all levels.
Pocahontas State Correctional Center will have a recycling program for paper, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, cardboard, and printer cartridges. Additionally, the prison will produce bio-diesel fuel from waste oil from the kitchen. This fuel will be used in motor vehicles operated by the prison.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
located on 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) just outside the town of Pocahontas, Virginia
Pocahontas, Virginia
Pocahontas is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia, named for the Algonquian Indian woman Pocahontas. The population was 441 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578...
. The $68.6 million facility was completed in the summer of 2007, and opened in September, 2007.
Details
The prison has the capacity to house 1,000 inmates in the general population, and 24 inmates in the segregation units. The number of people employed at the prison is expected to reach 330.The prison will provide counseling and group programs, including Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
, Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous is a twelve-step program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous describing itself as a "fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem," and it is the second-largest 12-step organization...
, Anger Control, Breaking Barriers, and Phases I and II of Psycho-Educational Substance Abuse.
Basic education/GED preparation, Literary Incentive Program, and college courses will be offered to inmates. Additionally, vocational courses will be provided, including electricity, small engine and motorcycle repair, floor covering, general maintenance, carpentry, plumbing and computer literacy.
Responsible for overseeing and constructing of the prison was Warden S. K. Young, a graduate of Emory and Henry College
Emory and Henry College
Emory & Henry College, known as E&H, Emory, or the College, is a private liberal arts college located in Emory, Virginia, United States. The campus comprises of Washington County, Virginia, which is part of the mountain region of Southwest Virginia...
. Mr. Young has 26 years of experience dealing with prisons at all levels.
Pocahontas State Correctional Center will have a recycling program for paper, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, cardboard, and printer cartridges. Additionally, the prison will produce bio-diesel fuel from waste oil from the kitchen. This fuel will be used in motor vehicles operated by the prison.