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Regional jails in West Virginia have long struggled with staffing and safety issues. Investment reforms and recruiting efforts from state leadership aim to solve these issues.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAuthorities said Joel Smithers headed a drug distribution ring that contributed to the opioid abuse crisis in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAdvocates and families of incarcerated people in West Virginia will gather inside the capitol building in the lower rotunda on Saturday morning.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe positions held by Brad Douglas, the former interim corrections commissioner and recent executive officer for the jails system, and Phil Sword, chief counsel for the homeland security agency have been terminated.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA former West Virginia lawmaker who livestreamed himself on Facebook storming the U.S. Capitol and cheering on what he described as a “revolution” was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDivision 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.
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