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| Mount Olive acting warden discusses staff shortages' effects on the facility |
| By register-herald.com- Andrea Lannom |
| Published: 12/18/2017 |
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MOUNT OLIVE – Acting Mount Olive Warden Ralph Terry describes his line of work as a calling – a calling he remembers having as a young child when he aspired to become a "castle guard." When he was a young boy, his mother frequently drove by the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville, a Gothic-style structure that opened in 1876 and closed in 1995. He remembered asking his mom, "Who lives in that castle?" He especially became fascinated by the people standing outside during a shift change. His mother told him those were the "castle guards." “Lo and behold, I became a castle guard,” he says. Now, Terry sits behind a desk as the acting warden of the maximum security prison in Fayette County. Above the desk is a memorial dedicated to correctional officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Read More. |
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