Policy analysts, advocates suggest West Virginia jails aren’t ready to intake ICE detainees

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV) announced that West Virginia jails and prisons are currently holding ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Federal appeals court dismisses West Virginia corrections class action lawsuit

CHARLESTON — A lawsuit brought by several inmates in West Virginia’s correctional system raising issues about conditions under the previous administration of former governor Jim Justice was dismissed ...
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Former West Virginia correctional officer convicted in inmate death

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — A former West Virginia correctional officer has been convicted in connection to the fatal assault of an inmate in the Southern Regional Jail. According to documents filed in ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Jury convicts former WV correctional officer in connection with inmate death

CHARLESTON — The federal government has secured guilty verdicts for what it says is the final former West Virginia correctional officer convicted in connection with a fatal 2022 assault of an inmate ...
WTOP News

Former West Virginia jail supervisor sentenced in coverup of assault that led to inmate’s death

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections officers ...