The premises were previously used for a juvenile detention center known as the West Virginia Industrial Home for Boys, which closed in 1983.

The initial intake consisted of minimum custody adult male inmates whose primary work function was to renovate the facility In November 1988 thirty-two state adult female prisoners, were moved to PCC from their previous accommodation within the federal prison system in Alderson Federal Prison Camp at Alderson, West Virginia, making PCC the State of West Virginia's first adult mixed-sex prison.

In January 2007 all female prisoners at PCC were transferred to Lakin Correctional Center, a multi-security female correctional facility located near Point Pleasant in Mason County, West Virginia constructed in 2003.

The male population has a capacity of 369 inmates, including a 24-bed substance abuse treatment unit and an additional 24 beds designated as pre-treatment.

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