An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections officers that led to an inmate's ...

A judge has approved a final settlement of a federal lawsuit that alleging a man died in 2022 following incarceration at a state jail marked by brutal acts of violence from other inmates as well as ...

Costs from allegations of inhumane conditions at a state-run jail in Raleigh County are mounting for West Virginia ... plaintiffs who have been inmates at Southern Regional Jail and Correctional ...

Former West Virginia Jail Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation in Fatal Assault on Inmate CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded ...

FILE - The Southern ... Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va., is seen in this undated photo. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP, File) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West ...

(AP) — An ex-jail supervisor ... killed an inmate, and the defendant conspired with them to cover up their crimes,” Lisa Johnston, acting U.S. attorney for West Virginia’s southern district ...

Former West Virginia Jail Supervisor Sentenced ... of justice charges related to the March 2022 attack on Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks. Burks, 37, was a pretrial detainee who ...