General Info

Located in Waverly, Va., Sussex I State Prison is an inmate facility that was founded in 1998. It has a capacity to accommodate more than 1,000 people. The facility is owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections, which works to improve public safety by controlling and supervising sentenced offenders with correctional principles and constitutional standards. Virginia Department of Corrections employs a secretary of public safety who is responsible for producing an annual forecast of the number of adult and juvenile inmates. It operates a communications unit that maintains legislative affairs and victim services units. The department also has a more than 125,000-square-foot training facility that offers over 300 courses.