Governor Patrick Morrisey has continued to take action by signing additional legislation into law. Governor Morrisey signed Senate Bill 196, known as Lauren’s Law, to strengthen penalties for crimes ...

A judge has approved a final settlement of a federal lawsuit that alleging a man died in 2022 following incarceration at a ...

Wielding golden shovels against a bare patch of dirt inside the fence at Montana State Prison, state officials broke ground on a long-anticipated construction project to expand the facility’s capacity ...

Morrisey applauds the addiction program for inmates and also supports initiatives for when they get out of prison, such as ...

West Virginia Governor visited Parkersburg Tuesday to announce new funding for residential substance abuse treatment for ...

A federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped and must have access to ...

The head of West Virginia’s state corrections system, long plagued by overcrowding and inmate deaths, has been tapped to lead the agency that manages federal prisons beset by similar issues.

The fire authority meeting heard work was being done by the prison service to tackle the issue Prisons are introducing tamper-proof vapes to cut down on arson incidents, a fire authority meeting ...

SAND FORK, W.Va. — A Gilmer County couple is charged with the abuse of an elderly man who was supposed to have been in their care. State Police filed the charges against Britanni Bell ...

I do not believe incarceration should be a picnic. Although there are some people in our state's prison system who shouldn't be there, I'm convinced that the vast majority of them do belong there.

President Donald Trump has announced that William “Billy” Marshall III, a Wood County man, is the next director of the Bureau of Prisons. Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired ...