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On this West Virginia Morning, Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sparking a new wave of fighting in a conflict that stretches back at least a decade. As that fighting enters its third year, a small community of Ukrainians, formed around West Virginia University (WVU), recently came together to honor one of the war’s frontline veterans.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn Thursday, Steven Nicholas Wimmer and Andrew Fleshman each pleaded guilty to conspiring with other officers to use unreasonable force against an inmate identified as “Q.B.” in court documents.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAmerica stopped institutionalizing people with mental illness decades ago. But now, many are caught up in a system not meant for them. On this episode of Us & Them, we’ll hear what it’s like to live with mental illness behind bars in the Mountain State.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers say bills passed in the special session to help solve the state’s corrections employment crisis lay a foundation but are not a cure-all.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can't force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for parole.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTestifying in recent committee meetings, corrections leaders described the state’s worst correction officer shortage in 30 years. They counted more than 1,000 open positions and vacancy rates reaching 70 percent in some facilities.
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