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
U.S. Route 52 in West Virginia U.S. Route 52 in West Virginia U.S. Route 52 (US 52) skirts the western fringes of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from the Virginia state line near Bluefield, where it is concurrent with Interstate 77 (I-77), in a general northwest and north direction to I-64 at Kenova. There it turns east, overlapping I-64 for before splitting off onto the West Huntington Expressway into Ohio via the West Huntington Bridge. Despite having an even number, US 52 is signed north–south in West Virginia. In some other states along its route, it is signed east-west. The West Virginia segment