River North Correctional Center

River North Correctional Center

Location	329 Dellbrook Lane Independence, Virginia
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	1024
Opened	2013
Managed by	Virginia Department of Corrections

The River North Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Independence, Grayson County, Virginia, owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. ^[1]

The facility was opened in 2013 and has a working capacity of 1024 prisoners held at a medium security level. ^[2]

In November 2025, an inmate killed a corrections officer. ^[2]

Notable inmates

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
Dennis Bowman	2063396	Serving multiple life sentences.	Subject of a Netflix Documentary. Found guilty of second degree murder of his adopted daughter
Rodney Lamont Fuller	1144992	Serving a life sentence.	One of two men who were hired by Teresa Lewis to murder her husband and stepson. [3] [4] [5]
David Wayne Hoshaw Jr.	1435526	Serving two life sentences. [6] [7]	Convicted of the murders of Angelique Goyena and her mother, Vonda. [8] [9] [10]
Peter Odighizuwa	1090193	Serving 6 life sentences. [11]	Perpetrator of the 2002 Appalachian School of Law shooting in which he murdered faculty members Anthony Sutin and Thomas Blackwell, as well as student Angela Dales. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Marquie Brandon Williams	1969748	Serving a life sentence. [16]	Convicted in the murder of his girlfriend Lisa Henderson. [17] [18] [19]
Travis Ryan Brown	1531479	Serving a life sentence.	Convicted in the murder of 3 year old Khaleesi Cuthriell

References

1. "River North Correctional Center". Virginia Department of Corrections. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. Weil, Martin (18 November 2025). "Corrections officer slain by Virginia prison inmate, officials say". The Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
3. "Virginia executes first woman in nearly 100 years". NBC News. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
4. Lohr, Kathy (23 September 2010). "Execution Of Virginia Woman Stirs Objections". NPR. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
5. MacAskill, Ewen (2010-09-24). "Teresa Lewis given lethal injection despite protests over low IQ". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
6. "Newport News man gets two life sentences in stabbing deaths of fiancee and her mother". Daily Press. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
7. "VADOC — Offender Locator".
8. "Upper Michigan man arrested in 2 Virginia slayings". Twin Cities. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
9. "Man facing death in Norfolk slayings of fiancee, her mother". The Virginian-Pilot. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
10. "How a murderer was brought down by a postmark, a cellphone call, a handful of receipts". 17 February 2023.
11. "Law School Shooter Pleads Guilty". Washington Post. 2024-01-26. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
12. Clines, Francis X. (2002-01-17). "3 Slain at Law School; Student Is Held". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
13. Gettleman, Jeffrey; Simon, Stephanie (2002-01-17). "Dean, Professor and Student Killed at Law School in Va". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
14. "Troubled law student faces murder counts". Chicago Tribune. 2002-01-18. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
15. "Dean, 2 Others Fatally Shot At Rural Virginia Law School". Washington Post. 2024-01-23. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
16. "Man sentenced to life in prison after murdering his Appomattox County girlfriend in 2018". WSLS. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
17. "Boyfriend pleads guilty to murdering his girlfriend in Campbell County". WSLS. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
18. "Campbell County judge sentences man to life in prison for killing girlfriend". 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
19. Swecker, Emily (2020-02-06). "Second man charged with murder of Appomattox woman gets 23 years". WSET.

External links

• local news coverage in 2014

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