The Mercer County Commission held an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss a pressing matter regarding Southern Regional Jail.

WEST VIRGINIA ... Regional Jail Corrections Officer was sentenced to several years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to his involvement in an assault that led to the death of an inmate ...

A former corrections officer at the Southern Regional Jail (SRJ) has been sentenced in connection with the death of an inmate ...

A former lieutenant at Southern Regional Jail has been found guilty on charges connected to the deadly assault of an inmate, prosecutors said. Chad Lester, 35, of Odd, West Virginia, was found ...

Betsy Jividen, the former commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, testifies before the Legislative Oversight Commission on the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility ...

(WSET) — Another inmate at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail was found dead in their cell ... "As is our standard practice, the Virginia State Police and the Commonwealth’s Attorney have ...

In an Oct. 25 press release, the West Virginia ... tablets give inmates the incentive to behave and follow the rules, so they don’t lose this privilege,” said J.T. Binion, regional director ...