An inmate at a ... Division and the West Virginia State Police have opened an investigation into the death. Several former correctional officers with Southern Regional Jail were indicted last ...

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia inmate accused of killing his cellmate during an attack at Southern Regional Jail has entered a plea agreement. Lucas Matthew Wagnar, 29, entered a Kennedy ...

“The only involvement the Fayette County Commission has with the operation of the Southern Regional Jail is monitoring of and payment of the cost for housing inmates. The West Virginia Division ...

returned an indictment today charging five former correctional officers in connection with an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate at the Southern Regional Jail. A conviction could ...

The case has drawn scrutiny to conditions and deaths at the Southern Regional Jail. Last year, West Virginia agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by inmates who ...

A former lieutenant within West Virginia’s regional jail system has been sentenced to prison for his role in the deadly beating of an inmate, federal prosecutor ...

(AP) — Two West Virginia corrections ... from the fatal beating of an inmate in a case that has brought scrutiny to conditions and deaths at the jail. Southern Regional Jail officers Andrew ...

Judge Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Over West Virginia ... 2023 by inmates at the maximum-security Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County and the Southwestern Regional Jail in Logan ...

Two West Virginia jail employees have been fired ... Cole is being housed at Southwestern Regional Jail and a $100,000 bond has been set. Cole was also taken to SWRJ, but has been released on ...

The case has drawn scrutiny to conditions and deaths at the jail. Last year, West Virginia agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by inmates who described conditions at ...

Former West Virginia Jail Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation in Fatal Assault on Inmate CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded ...