The new facility will open on June 16 for staff access, with the first group of inmates set to transfer in on July 14.

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

A Wyoming County man is in jail on drug related charges. 52-year-old James Larry Smith was charged with 5 counts of Delivery ...

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

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

Multiple law enforcement agencies work together to make multiple arrests in Wyoming County. According to a media release, on ...

RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — A former Southern Regional Jail corrections officer was sentenced for a federal civil rights crime for his reported involvement in the death of an inmate.

(WVVA) - The Mercer County Commission held an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss a pressing matter regarding Southern Regional Jail ... $30,000 while Mercer and Raleigh Counties will receive ...

A judge has approved a final settlement of a federal lawsuit that alleging a man died in 2022 following incarceration at a state jail marked by brutal acts of violence from other inmates as well as ...

CHARLESTON — A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted earlier this week on charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County. After a four-day ...

He remains in custody at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County, West Virginia. West Virginia State Police were unable to provide additional details when contacted Sunday and said their ...