What is the Mock Prison Riot?
The National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (NIJ, OJP) and the West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation annually host a Mock Prison Riot on the grounds of the former West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville. The purpose of the Mock Prison Riot is to showcase emerging law enforcement and corrections technologies. The Mock Prison Riot facilitates the “marriage” of technologies and end-users, utilizing the decommissioned West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville for tactical training scenarios, technology demonstrations, free workshops, and networking. End-users are able to take technologies from our showcase and deploy them throughout the prison compound in tactical training scenarios they design. This, in turn, provides optimum conditions for feedback – formal and informal – from end-users regarding the effectiveness of the technologies. Exhibitors then digest suggestions for modifications and improvements, leading to next-generation products on a g
