West Virginia Penitentiary

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Virginia_Penitentiary

GPTKB entity

Properties (158)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:jail
gptkbp:architect	gptkb:J._D._McMillan
gptkbp:architecturalStyle	gptkb:Romanesque_Revival
gptkbp:area	16 acres
gptkbp:built	1866
gptkbp:capacity	1,000 inmates
gptkbp:cultural_significance	featured in media
gptkbp:current_use	tourist attraction
gptkbp:famous_for	ghost tours
gptkbp:filmingLocation	multiple films
gptkbp:governs	William_MacCorkle
gptkbp:historical_significance	site of executions
gptkbp:historicalContext	19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West Virginia Penitentiary
gptkbp:is_located_in	over 800
gptkbp:legacy	prison
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Moundsville,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:notable_event	riot in 1986
gptkbp:notableArtists	multiple notable criminals
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:Richard_Speck gptkb:Winnie_Mandela gptkb:Rashard_Brooks gptkb:David_Berkowitz gptkb:Richard_Ramirez gptkb:John_Gotti gptkb:Al_Sharpton gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi gptkb:Timothy_McVeigh gptkb:Eldridge_Cleaver gptkb:Eric_Harris gptkb:Marsha_P._Johnson gptkb:George_Floyd gptkb:Tamir_Rice gptkb:Alice_Walker gptkb:Angela_Y._Davis gptkb:Bobby_Seale gptkb:Desmond_Tutu gptkb:Jack_the_Ripper gptkb:James_Baldwin gptkb:Kaveh_Akbar gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Stacey_Abrams gptkb:Jericho_Brown gptkb:Robin_DiAngelo gptkb:Daunte_Wright gptkb:Alejandro_Mayorkas gptkb:Angela_Davis gptkb:Bernie_Sanders gptkb:Cory_Booker gptkb:Emma_Watson gptkb:James_Holmes gptkb:Jesse_Jackson gptkb:Langston_Hughes gptkb:Michael_Brown gptkb:Michelle_Alexander gptkb:Michelle_Obama gptkb:Thomas_Sankara gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston gptkb:Aung_San_Suu_Kyi gptkb:Bayard_Rustin gptkb:Brenton_Tarrant gptkb:El_Chapo gptkb:Kamala_Harris gptkb:Stephen_Paddock gptkb:Trayvon_Martin gptkb:Zodiac_Killer gptkb:Andrew_Yang gptkb:Huey_P._Newton gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson gptkb:Charles_Manson gptkb:Adam_Lanza gptkb:Amanda_Gorman gptkb:Assata_Shakur gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks gptkb:Ibram_X._Kendi gptkb:Malala_Yousafzai gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Nelson_Mandela gptkb:Osama_bin_Laden gptkb:Rosa_Parks gptkb:Ruth_Wilson_Gilmore gptkb:Cornel_West gptkb:Elizabeth_Warren gptkb:Hillary_Clinton gptkb:Natasha_Trethewey gptkb:Pablo_Escobar gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael gptkb:Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez gptkb:Sylvia_Rivera gptkb:Boston_Strangler gptkb:Claudia_Rankine gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr. gptkb:Dylan_Roof gptkb:Jared_Loughner gptkb:Julius_Nyerere gptkb:Wangari_Maathai gptkb:Breonna_Taylor gptkb:Hannibal_Lecter gptkb:Dzhokhar_Tsarnaev gptkb:Ted_Bundy gptkb:Alicia_Garza gptkb:Jeffrey_Dahmer gptkb:Michael_Eric_Dyson gptkb:Paul_Laurence_Dunbar gptkb:BTK_Killer gptkb:Philando_Castile gptkb:Nidal_Hasan gptkb:Ed_Gein gptkb:Sabrina_Benaim gptkb:Fred_Hampton gptkb:Marianne_Williamson gptkb:Ahmaud_Arbery gptkb:Sandra_Bland gptkb:Robert_Bowers Al Capone Opal Tometi Patrisse Cullors Toni Morrison Nikki Giovanni Aileen Wuornos Unabomber Emmett Till Kwame Nkrumah Maya Angelou Ta-Nehisi Coates Patrice Lumumba Rita Dove Greta Thunberg Dylan Klebold Ocean Vuong Green River Killer Rupi Kaur Gary Ridgway Tulsi Gabbard Yusef Komunyakaa Son of Sam Anders Breivik John_ Mason_ Chris_Dorner George_Stinney Rayshard_Brooks Sarah_Kay
gptkbp:opened	1876 1995
gptkbp:operates_in	gptkb:West_Virginia_Division_of_Corrections
gptkbp:population	varied over years
gptkbp:previousName	gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary 1995
gptkbp:renovated	2007
gptkbp:runsThrough	94
gptkbp:security	yes maximum security
gptkbp:style	Gothic Revival
gptkbp:surrounding_area	gptkb:Moundsville
gptkbp:visitors	open for tours
gptkbp:website	www.wvpentours.com