A Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail inmate died by suicide in his cell earlier this week, according to the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office. David W. Jones Jr., 39, was found unresponsive Tuesday ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — 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 prosecutors said.

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. Burks, 37 ...

In an abrupt, unexpected move Bertie Martin Regional Jail Administrator ... regarding the decision. Martin County Commissioner Dempsey Bond, chair of the jail commission in 2017 could not be ...

Chad Lester, 35, was a Lieutenant in the Southern Regional Jail when inmate Quantez Burks, 37, was beaten to death by officers in an interview room on March 1, 2022. The room reportedly had no ...