A former West Virginia jail supervisor has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections officers that led to an inmate’s death.

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 ...

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 ...

The deputy superintendent of the Western Virginia Regional Jail has been promoted to the top job after the retirement of his predecessor. David Cox, 55, is a 27-year veteran of law enforcement who ...

(AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to ... charges related to the March 2022 attack on Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections ...

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 $ ...

Tara Wolfe attended the protest on behalf of her son, Shawn Boyd. She said she wants the jail to come out of lockdown status so inmates can have recreation time and more opportunities to talk with ...

(AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to ... charges related to the March 2022 attack on Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks. Burks, 37, was a pretrial ...

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 ...

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 ...