West Virginia's regional jails have a higher death rate than the national average, with most of those who died being pretrial ...

A sandstone building with "South Central Regional Jail" on the side of it sits in the background behind a parking lot. South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia, is one of three jails ...

A sandstone building with "South Central Regional Jail" on the side of it sits in the background behind a parking lot. South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia. (Photo by Lexi Browning ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Amid Governor Patrick Morrisey’s directive to crack down on people living in the state without documentation, a financial benefit is also being seen. According to West ...

West Virginia built its regional jail system decades ago because counties couldn’t afford to operate their own jails. For a ...

The state Division of Corrections remains focused on retaining qualified personnel, even under challenges like a wave of retirements, the commissioner told lawmakers. Commissioner David Kelly appeared ...

PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) – The Mercer County Commission is facing growing financial strain as rising incarceration costs continue ...

Three West Virginia jails are being used to house immigrant detainees in a deal that has made the state’s corrections division more than $333,000 so far this year. During President Donald Trump’s mass ...

CHARLESTON — Three West Virginia jails holding some of the country’s immigrant detainees are over capacity. Data from the state’s corrections division — shared Tuesday with state lawmakers — showed ...