Opening of Federal Prison for Women

Date: April 30, 1927 • Location: Alderson, United States

The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opened near Alderson, West Virginia, as the first federal prison for women in the United States.

The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.