A 2020 Reuters investigation found that West Virginia’s regional jails had the highest death ... More than half of all deaths happened within the first 30 days of being in jail.

West Virginia has long had a problem with overcrowding ... the inmate population was 167 over capacity combined for all 10 regional jails. But that capacity is not spread evenly.

All seven deputies have been placed on ... They were being held without bond at Meherrin River Regional Jail in Alberta, Virginia, according to jail records. The deputies were identified as ...

“All of the jails are the dumping grounds ... who is superintendent of Western Virginia Regional Jail in Salem. “I can’t speak to what’s gone on in other jurisdictions.” ...

Local municipalities dispute their designation as sanctuary jurisdictions despite policies protecting criminal illegals from ...

Zachary Williams allegedly thew his son into a bed frame, causing him to hit the back of his head on the bed and the floor at ...

Days after two inmates escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia, the jail stands to lose nearly $3 million a year. The U.S. Marshals have pulled all federal inmates from the jail ...

but “all information at this point indicates this death was due to natural causes.” In July, the family of a woman who died after she became ill as a Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate ...

Shawn Christopher Berry, 37, was an inmate at the Central Virginia Regional Jail when he died Aug ... The state police are investigating the cause of all three jail-related deaths.

News 3 also reached out to all sheriff’s offices in the Seven Cities, and received the following responses back from cities regarding transgender inmate policies: Virginia Beach Sheriff’s ...