Federal Prisons in Virginia

In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress decided to close the D.C. Correctional Facility at Lorton. The land was transferred to Fairfax County in 2002.

The only two Federal prisons remaining in Virginia are in Lee County (Jonesville) and Petersburg.

Modern Prisons in Virginia

First Prison in Colonial Virginia

Death Row and Executions in Virginia

Links

• Fairfax County
• Lorton/Laurel Hill Property
• Transfer of the Former Lorton Prison Property
• Lorton Arts
• History of the Lorton Workhouse
• US Department of Justice
• Bureau of Prisons - Maps of Facilities: Mid-Atlantic Region
• United States Penitentiary - Lee
• Petersburg Correctional Complex
• Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2000
• Virginia Department of Corrections
• Prison Facilities - Major Institutions and Correctional Units
• Washington Business Journal
• Prison closing frees community from image problem (February 14, 2003)
• Fairfax takes custody of Lorton prison (August 26, 2002)
• Washington Post - Lorton Plan Captive To Prison's History (October 27, 2005)