A former nurse who worked at Southern Regional Jail alleged she witnessed a correctional officer striking a handcuffed inmate ...

A Beckley attorney who shined a national spotlight on conditions inside West Virginia jails said on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, that he believes conditions such as ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS ... mother testified Cochran had not received heart medication regularly at Southern Regional Jail until Sen. Rollan Roberts, a state lawmaker from Raleigh County, had ...

of Beckley, who was an inmate at the state-run Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Raleigh County. Mike Tony covers energy and the environment. He can be reached at mtony@ ...

A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted earlier this week on charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County. After a four-day trial, a federal ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — 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 ...

A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted earlier this week on charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County. After a four-day trial ...

The federal prosecutor for the Southern District ... of West Virginia’s Southern Regional Jail in Beaver. “Guards felt they could do anything they wanted to inmates and there would be no ...

of Beckley, who was an inmate at the state-run Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Raleigh County.