His mother filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court alleging that officers and medical staff at Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville ignored him at a time of peril. The suit seeks more than $ ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s been a shake up at Bertie/Martin Regional Jail Commission. Last year, I received information regarding conditions at Bertie/Martin Regional Jail. According to the source, the conditions ...

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 ...

In an abrupt, unexpected move Bertie Martin Regional Jail Administrator Terrence Whitehurst resigned his position last week after serving in the role since September 2017. Whitehurst could not be ...

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 ...

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 ...

SC Carthen III, 46, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, receiving stolen property valued at $10,000 or more, possession of a defaced firearm; $6,000 cash bond. Sheila Marie Cash, 27, c/o Warren ...

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 ...

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 ...

Atlantic County is also participating in a five-county study of the possibility of a regional jail, with Cumberland, Camden, Burlington and Mercer counties. And DelRosso said the county offered to ...