Facilities · Prison
Wallens Ridge State Prison
Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia · capacity 1,212
Also reported as Wallen's Ridge State Prison; Wallens Ridge.
5 deaths are recorded here, from 2000 to 2025; 3 by name.
- other person 3
- staff force 1
- suicide 1
The people
- Aubrey McKay June 4, 2025
- Name not reported December 11, 2022
- Gregory Pierce November 20, 2021
- Name not reported 2009
- David Tracy April 5, 2000
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.