Keen Mountain Correctional Center

Keen Mountain Correctional Center is a level 4, maximum security correctional facility in Oakwood, Virginia. It opened in 1990 and houses up to 1200 adult male offenders.^[4]

Keen Mountain Correctional Center

Location	State Route 629, Oakwood, VA 24631
Coordinates	37.22335°N 81.97903°W / 37.22335; -81.97903
Status	Open
Security class	Maximum
Capacity	1200
Opened	1990
Managed by	Warden: Israel Hamilton
Director	Chadwick Dotson[1][2][3]

Notable inmates

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
Christopher Bryan Speight	1471716	Serving 5 life sentences without parole.[5]	Perpetrator of the 2010 Appomattox shootings in which he murdered 8 people, including his sister, and her family.[6][7][8]
George Wesley Huguely	1458946	Serving a 23-year sentence.[9][10]	Convicted in the 2010 murder of Yeardley Love, in which Huguely killed her by repeatedly hitting her head against a wall.[11][12][13]
Lee Boyd Malvo	1180834	Serving multiple life sentences.[14][15][16]	Convicted for his role in the 2002 DC Sniper attacks and sentenced to multiple terms of life imprisonment in both Virginia and Maryland for the murders of ten victims. He was originally sent to Red Onion State Prison, following conviction, but was transferred to Keen Mountain Correctional Center in 2024.[17][18][19]