Prisoners stacking lumber at the Federal Prison near Mill Point, West Virginia. The supervisor is seen in the center wearing a dark jacket. This Federal Prison Camp was established in September 1938 for the purpose of furnishing labor to work on the section of State Route 39 from Mill Point to Richwood. The camp was located on top of Kennison Mountain in the Monongahela National Forest. Thirty employees ran the prison for 300 inmates. The camp operated throughout World War II and closed in the summer of 1959. (Photo Courtesy of Jean Johnson Mason; ID: PHP000664)
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