A state jail review committee has recommended that Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County be decertified and closed after an investigation found that jail staff may have directly or ...

The Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails voted Wednesday to approve an agreement with the governing body of Riverside Regional Jail that would avert decertification of the facility and allow ...

The deputy superintendent of the Western Virginia Regional ... southwest Virginia and, personally, I have had the pleasure of working with him on a number of levels,” Jay Taliaferro, chair of ...

On January 27, a federal jury convicted defendant Lester on three felony obstruction of justice charges, including conspiracy to tamper with witnesses; witness tampering; and giving false statements.

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — A former Southern 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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The former supervisor of corrections officers at West Virginia’s Southern Regional Jail will be sentenced on Thursday. Chad Lester, 35, was a Lieutenant in the Southern ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former supervisor at the Southern Regional Jail has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for covering up the 2022 beating death of jail inmate Quantez Burks.

Former Lt. Chad Lester was convicted in January of three felony obstruction of justice charges related to the March 2022 attack on Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks. × This page ...

A 39-year-old Staunton man died in custody after being transported to Middle River Regional Jail. Stefan Gerencser was initially ... Balancing act: Grace Christian's Davis Reid juggles baseball and ...