An inmate at a ... Division and the West Virginia State Police have opened an investigation into the death. Several former correctional officers with Southern Regional Jail were indicted last ...

A former lieutenant at the Southern Regional Jail has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in covering up the 2022 ...

BECKLEY, W.Va. (WCHS) — State officials confirmed a female inmate at Southern Regional Jail died after ... according to a statement from the West Virginia Department of Commerce.

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia inmate accused of killing his cellmate during an attack at Southern Regional Jail has entered a plea agreement. Lucas Matthew Wagnar, 29, entered a Kennedy ...

A former correctional officer at the Southern Regional Jail admitted in federal court Wednesday to his role in the March 2022 beating death of inmate ... for Southern West Virginia Will Thompson ...

A former West Virginia jail supervisor has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup ...

A former West Virginia supervisory correctional officer was sentenced for conspiracy and obstruction crimes. According to a ...

A federal judge has sentenced a former West Virginia state corrections officer to 17.5 years in prison for what a Charleston ...

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 prosecutor ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A Beckley attorney who shined a national spotlight on conditions inside West Virginia jails said on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, that he believes conditions such as ...