A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia, Mark Holdren, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a US federal civil rights violation in the death of an inmate. The inmate, Quantez Burks, had died ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sandstone building with "South Central Regional Jail" on the side of it sits in the background behind a parking lot. South ...

A former supervisor of the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Thursday for covering up an assault by correctional officers three years ago that led ...

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 officers ...

(WBOY) — U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, a Republican from West Virginia’s 2nd District, made a post on social media Tuesday that is sparking a heated reaction. Amid controversy regarding deportations under ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia inmate who escaped from a jail two days before his sentencing has been captured along the Mexico border in Texas, authorities said. West Virginia Department of ...

CHARLESTON — A lawsuit brought by several inmates in West Virginia’s correctional system raising issues about conditions under the previous administration of former governor Jim Justice was dismissed ...

An inmate transferred from the Arkansas Department of Corrections to a federal facility in West Virginia earlier this year has returned to Arkansas for good after reaching a settlement with the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two former West Virginia correctional officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday for their roles in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate. Mark ...