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.

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 ...

Chad Lester, 35, a former lieutenant at the jail, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin after being convicted in January on two counts of tampering with a witness and one count ...

A 37-year-old New River Valley Regional Jail inmate died last week of an apparent suicide, according to jail interim Superintendent Charlie Poff. Michael Amos, of Henry County, was found hanging ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal ...

Prisoners at Hampton Roads Regional Jail were subjected to medical and mental health care so bad that it violated their constitutional rights in a facility where officials didn’t fix problems ...

A state jail review committee has recommended that Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George ... intervention and suicide risk assessment. Michael Dillon, 29, who died just after midnight on ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former lieutenant at the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for covering up ...

Authorities say Jerry Wayne Bright Jr., 37, died Saturday inside the Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange after being incarcerated on Dec. 13 on charges of robbing a residence in Orange on Dec ...