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Established in 1866, the West Virginia Penitentiary held men and women convicted of felonies until a prison for women was established at Pence Springs in 1947. Capital criminals were hanged here from 1889 to 1950, and the electric chair was used until the death penalty was abolished in 1965.
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Moundsville, West Virginia · United States
