Prison

About seven years ago, the West Virginia Council of Churches created the West Virginia Reentry Council to help people navigate the probationary system while juggling everyday responsibilities.

On Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 536 into law, increasing fines and prison time for drug traffickers distributing the deadly opioid fentanyl in West Virginia.

Division of Natural Resources police officers will assist with staffing challenges at West Virginia’s jails and prisons. More than 60 DNR officers have finished training for support roles that will enable corrections officers to perform other duties, the state Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Thursday.

A spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed via email that 26 inmates and five corrections staffers received medical treatment after a carbon monoxide leak was found on Tuesday.

Students at the WVU Reed College of Media have spent the last two years working on the Women Beyond Bars project, through a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

West Virginia corrections officials say they’re now linking a prisoner death in July to COVID-19, referring to newer medical records that they received…

This article was updated Saturday, Aug. 29, to include details from the U.S. Marshals Service.The first person to die of COVID-19 at a state-run jail is a…

Kanawha County is the latest to advance in the state’s color-coded map for community coronavirus spread in counties.It moved into the orange zone from 9.7…

On this West Virginia Morning, with the help of a student journalist, we catch a rare glimpse of life behind prison walls during a pandemic. We also hear…

A staffer at the federal prison in McDowell County has tested positive for the coronavirus.Data on the federal Bureau of Prisons website this week said…