Greensville Correctional Center
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Level 3 (correctional center) Level 1 (work center) |
| Population | 2,424 [1] (August 2023) |
| Opened | September 1990 |
| Managed by | Virginia Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Clint Davis |
Greensville Correctional Center is a prison facility located in unincorporated Greensville County, Virginia,[2] near Jarratt. The prison, on a 1,105-acre (447 ha) plot of land, is operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections.[3] Greensville housed the execution chamber that was used to carry out capital punishment by the Commonwealth of Virginia until the death penalty in Virginia was abolished in 2021.[4]
History
Opened in September 1990 in a ceremony presided over by Governor of Virginia L. Douglas Wilder, the $106 million facility was built to provide initial relief to the then overcrowded Virginia correctional system. The facility opening allowed for the subsequent closure of the Virginia State Penitentiary in downtown Richmond.[5] The execution chamber moved from the former state penitentiary to Greensville in 1991.[6]
Initially, the center was classified as a maximum security facility. However, with the subsequent opening of other facilities intended for the most hardened violent criminals, the security classification at Greensville has been lowered to medium security.[7] The facility consists of 4 pod-style buildings (three have a capacity for 516 inmates each; the fourth can handle 192 higher-risk inmates) arranged in a hexagon in a 125-acre (0.51 km2) campus-like setting. The tract of land upon which the Correctional Center is constructed measures 1,105 acres (4.47 km2). It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) from Interstate 95. The primary contractor for the project was Morrison-Knudsen.[8] There is a double perimeter fence topped with razor wire as well as six 52-foot (16 m) high guard towers to bolster perimeter security.
In July 1995, a minimum-security work camp for low-risk inmates was opened adjacent to the main complex. Together, the two facilities have a capacity of 3,007 inmates.
The facility contains a dedicated health care unit and mental health center which serves inmates in the eastern region of the Virginia corrections system. It was also home to the state death chamber, which was completed in April 1991; before Virginia abolished the death penalty in 2021, there were 111 executions by electrocution or lethal injection that have taken place in the L Building, located at the rear of the facility.[9]
Notable executions at Greensville Correctional Center
- Albert Jay Clozza – raped and murdered 13-year old Patricia Bolton; executed on July 24, 1991, the first person executed at Greensville Correctional Center.[10]
- Roger Keith Coleman – convicted murderer of Wanda Faye McCoy and cause célèbre; executed on May 20, 1992. DNA evidence later confirmed his guilt.[11]
- Syvasky Lafayette Poyner – spree killer; executed on March 18, 1993.[12]
- Timothy Wilson Spencer – serial killer known as the Southside Strangler; executed on April 27, 1994.[13]
- Dawud Majid Mu'Min – raped, robbed, and murdered Gladys Nopwasky while in a prison work crew; executed on November 13, 1997.[14]
- Angel Francisco Breard – raped and murdered Ruth Dickie; executed on April 14, 1998, despite international pressure since Breard was a Paraguayan national.[15]
- Dennis Wayne Eaton – convicted of murdering a state trooper and three other people in 1989; executed on June 18, 1998, by lethal injection.[16]
- Tommy David Strickler– convicted of the 1990 murder of Leann Whitlock and executed on July 21, 1999.[17]
- Michael David Clagett – convicted of the 1994 Virginia bar murders and executed on July 6, 2000.[18]
- Mir Aimal Kansi – perpetrator of the 1993 CIA headquarters shootings; executed on November 14, 2002.[19]
- Earl Conrad Bramblett – mass murderer; executed on April 9, 2003.[20]
- Brandon Wayne Hedrick - convicted of the abduction, rape, and murder of Lisa Yvonne Crider, executed on July 20, 2006.[21]
- John Allen Muhammad – serial killer and spree killer known as the Beltway Sniper for the Beltway Sniper Attacks; executed on November 10, 2009.[22]
- Paul Warner Powell – raped and murdered Stacie Reed; executed on March 18, 2010.[23]
- Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis – convicted of murder of husband and stepson; executed on September 23, 2010, the only woman executed by Virginia via lethal injection.[24]
- Robert Charles Gleason Jr. – serial killer executed on January 16, 2013, the last person executed by Virginia via electric chair.[25]
- Alfredo Rolando Prieto – serial killer; executed on October 1, 2015.[26]
- Ricky Javon Gray – convicted of 2006 Richmond spree murders; executed on January 18, 2017.[27]
- William Charles Morva – spree killer; executed on July 6, 2017, the last person executed by Virginia.[28]
Non-Death Row
- Ronald Rodan - Charged and found guilty for the disappearance and murder of Bethany Decker.
- Percy Walton - convicted of the murder of three strangers in Danville, Virginia.
- Jim Williams - YouTuber known as "Jay Williams Let's Live Life" served a majority of a 10 year sentence for Robbery and Malicious Wounding.
See also
References
- ↑ Parker, Samuel (November 20, 2023). "New Greensville Correctional Center leadership announced after drug deaths, shakedown". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Greensville County, VA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/6). Retrieved August 14, 2022.
Greensville Corr Facility
- ↑ "Greensville Correctional Center / Greensville Work Center". Virginia Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010. "901 Corrections Way Jarratt, VA 23870-9614" and "Located on 1,105 acres near Jarratt in Greensville [County]."
- ↑ "Virginia becomes 1st Southern state to abolish death penalty as governor signs new law". NBC News. March 24, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Burrows, Claude (January 18, 1990). "Prison buildings behind schedule". Richmond Times-Dispatch. pp. B1, B8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Richardson, Selden. The Tri-State Gang in Richmond: Murder and Robbery in the Great Depression (True Crime Series). The History Press, 2012. ISBN 1609495233, 9781609495237. p. 203.
- ↑ "PREA Audit: Auditor's Summary Report Adult Prisons & Jails; Greensville Correctional Center" (PDF). vadoc.virginia.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2026. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Multiple Facility Complex (M.S.I. #6) Greensville County, Virginia" (PDF). Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. April 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Audit Report" (PDF). Virginia Department of Corrections.
- ↑ Taylor, Joe (July 24, 1991). "Girl's Killer Executed In Virginia". Washington Post.
- ↑ Frankel, Glenn (May 14, 2006). "Burden of proof". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Graham, Troy (November 2, 2002). "TERROR REVISITED". The Virginian-Pilot.
- ↑ McClellan, Laurie (July 27, 2015). "The Arlington Serial Killer Who Changed History". Arlington Magazine.
- ↑ Hopper, Dale (August 31, 1998). "VA. Prisoner Executed For Killing Store Clerk". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Bekker, Pieter; Highet, Keith (April 4, 1998). "International Court of Justice Orders United States to Stay Execution of Paraguayan National in Virginia". American Society of International Law. 3 (4).
- ↑ Hsu, Spencer (June 19, 1998). "Trooper's Killer Is Executed In Va". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
- ↑ Stickley, Dave (July 29, 1999). "Tommy Strickler executed". The Free Press (Woodstock, VA). Vol. 14. 51. p. 1.
- ↑ Green, Frank (July 6, 2000). "Clagett Dies in Electric Chair for '94 Killings". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Glod, M. & Weiss, E. "Kansi Executed For CIA Slayings Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Washington Post, November 15, 2002.
- ↑ Glod, Maria (April 10, 2003). "Family's Killer Dies in Va. Electric Chair". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Rondeaux, Candace (July 21, 2006). "Murderer Executed by Electric Chair". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
- ↑ "D.C. sniper to be executed". Reuters. December 9, 2009.
- ↑ Martinez, Edecio (March 19, 2010). "Paul Warner Powell (PICTURES): Rapist-Killer Executed by Electrocution". CBS News.
- ↑ de Vogue, Ariane; S. James, Michael (September 23, 2010). "Teresa Lewis Becomes 12th Woman to Be Executed in U.S. Since 1976". ABC News (United States).
- ↑ Knight, Matt (January 18, 2013). "Killer's last words 'kiss my ass'". WTKR.
- ↑ "Virginia executes serial killer Alfredo Prieto after appeals fail". The Guardian. October 2, 2015. ISSN 0261-3077.
- ↑ Ansari, Azadeh; Marco, Tony (January 19, 2017). "Virginia executes convicted family killer Ricky Gray". CNN. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Connor, Tracy; Helsel, Phil (July 6, 2017). "Virginia executes 'delusional' William Morva for 2006 killings". NBC News. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
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