Vault 83

Vault 83 is located in Northern Virginia, nearby the city of Ashland.

Experiment
The Vault 83 experiment had 800 prisoners from the Sussex State Prison and Riverside Regional Jail were placed into an enclosed environment, where 200 armed security personnel would strictly control their daily schedule.

Vault 83 was sealed with all personnel and prisoners inside in 2075, and scheduled to reopen 50 years later, in 2125.

Result
Vault 83 functioned normally for 25 years, with occasional deaths related to prison riots. However, in 2101, the prisoners staged an organized revolt where they managed to take control of the armory. From there, they easily overwhelmed the guards in the vault, after which they were left with a door that would not open.

In 2125, the door finally opened. Many of the former prisoners stayed in Ashland, nearby to the vault, while others moved into the Virginia Wasteland, forming raider gangs like the Belmont Raiders.