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The Virginia Correctional Center for Women is a female-only state prison in Virginia , USA . It is a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections .[ 1]
Opened in 1931, it is located on US 522 / SR 6 between Maidens and Goochland , in central Virginia. The Virginia Department of Transportation maintains the entrance road as State Route 329 .
37°40′30.4″N 77°53′27″W / 37.675111°N 77.89083°W / 37.675111; -77.89083
State prisons Private Closed
Prisons for women in the United States
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California Converted into men's facilities
Colorado
Connecticut Delaware Florida Closed Women removed from facility
Georgia Converted into men's facilities Closed
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Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Converted into men's facilities Closed and reopened as men's facility
Louisiana Women removed from facility
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North Carolina
North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Converted into men's facilities Women removed from unit
Utah
Vermont
Virginia Washington
West Virginia Women removed from facility
Wisconsin Wyoming
District and insular area prisons
District of Columbia
See Federal Bureau of Prisons
Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands