West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation ahead of all other states and foreign nations. On 1 January 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths." Five officers have died in the line of duty. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is an agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety that operates the state's prisons, jails and juvenile detention facilities. The agency has its headquarters in the state's capital of Charleston. Until July 1, 2018, the agency was simply the
The Pride of West Virginia Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The band is sometimes referred to as an ambassador of the state of West Virginia, often being selected to represent the state at political events. The band was invited to the Inaugural Parades of Richard Nixon in 1969 and Ronald Reagan in 1985. In the fall of 2005 the band celebrated Constitution Day with a performance on the National Mall that was attended by Robert C. Byrd, one of West Virginia's two representatives in the US Senate. In 2008 the band performed at the inauguration of West