Alderson Federal Prison Camp

Alderson Federal Prison Camp, also known as Federal Prison Camp, Alderson or FPC Alderson, is a Federal Bureau of Prisons minimum security prison for women in the United States in unincorporated Monroe County and Summers County in West Virginia. Alderson, West Virginia, was chosen as the site for the first federal prison for women and the facility opened on November 14, 1928. The prison camp has a population of around 1,050. The prison is 270 miles (430 km) southwest of Washington, DC. The 159-acre (64 ha) facility is the largest employer in the Alderson, West Virginia area. Federal prisons for women lagged behind the facilities for males. Women offenders either were given alternative punishments or were housed alone within all-male...