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April 30, 1927
The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opened near Alderson, West Virginia, as the first federal prison for women in the United States.
Federal Prison Camp, Alderson
The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Alderson, West Virginia
Alderson is a town in Greenbrier and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, on both sides of the Greenbrier River. The population was 975 at the 2020 census.