Only 10 years open when stories of inhumane punishment and torture was told to the newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer on November 30, 1886.  Former West Virginia Penitentiary Assistant Superintendent named Wilkerson had seen enough.  After leaving he exposed accounts of violence done on inmates. Interview about torture from the Cincinnati Enquirer Reporter, “Did you ever … Continue reading Torture of Inmates inside West Virginia Penitentiary