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Former West Virginia jail supervisor sentenced in coverup of assault that led to inmate's death
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal ...
Times West Virginian5d
Former W.Va. jail official gets 17 years for role in inmate’s death
A former lieutenant at the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for covering up ...
Tickle The Wire4d
Feds Indict 6 ex-Corrections Officers in Death of West Virginia Inmate
A federal grand jury Thursday charged six former corrections officers in the 2022 fatal assault of a West Virginia prison inmate. They were also charged ... the defendants at the Southern Regional ...
The Roanoke Times3d
Second-in-command promoted to top job at Western Virginia Regional Jail
The superintendent oversees a facility with a staff of about 200 and an average daily inmate population of about 850. The regional jail, located in Roanoke County, serves Franklin County ...
The Roanoke Times6d
Inmate in Fincastle jail dies by suicide
An inmate at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail was discovered hanging from a vent in his cell Tuesday in what was the second death in the same day at the facility. William C. Cash, 39, was found ...