West Virginia is making progress in addressing staffing shortages in its crowded jails and prisons, but hundreds of positions remain unfilled.…
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A federal judge has sentenced a former West Virginia state corrections officer to 17½ years in prison for what a jury found to be h…
A judge has approved a final settlement of a federal lawsuit alleging that a man died in 2022 following incarceration at a state jail marked b…
The head of West Virginia’s state corrections system, long plagued by overcrowding and inmate deaths, has been tapped to lead the agency that …
Costs from allegations of inhumane conditions at a state-run jail in Raleigh County are mounting for West Virginia.
The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation has agreed to a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges a 26-year-old man…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Jim Justice and a cabinet head alleging inhumane conditions across West Virginia’s correc…
A judge has limited the amount of evidence Gov. Jim Justice must share in a federal class-action lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions througho…
Calling state oversight of people recovering from substance use disorder “outrageous,” a federal judge has issued an order to stop the state f…
Living situations for parolees in recovery houses throughout West Virginia not certified per recent state policy are in limbo, hinging on a fe…
