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| Location | State Route 629, Oakwood, VA 24631 |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′24″N81°58′45″W / 37.22335°N 81.97903°W |
| Status | Open |
| Security class | 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]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Bryan Speight | 1471716 | Serving 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 Huguely | 1458946 | Serving 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 Malvo | 1180834 | Serving 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] |
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