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On January 1, 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths. [3] The Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg, the first of the state's 10 regional jails opened in May 1989. The regional jails would gradually replace the 55 county jails. [4]
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
Later, a larger red brick building was built on 5th Avenue that also housed their city offices, police department, fire department, and the city jail. In 1887, the county seat of Cabell County changed from Barboursville to Huntington, [3] which led to the county government using their city building until 1901, when the construction of the ...
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Two West Virginia corrections officers pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from the fatal beating of an inmate in a case that has brought scrutiny to conditions and ...
An inmate at a West Virginia jail scrutinized in lawsuits citing inmate deaths and alleging poor living conditions was pronounced dead Friday morning, officials said. Correctional officers at ...
The Fayette County Public Library houses microfilm records of census records from 1840 to 1930, newspapers from 1906-present, WV county death, marriage, and birth records, Fayette County yearbooks, local magazines, family collections, the West Virginia Collection, and other miscellaneous collections about West Virginia.
Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, an American soldier in the French and Indian War and general in the American Revolutionary War. Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated community is Hurricane, and its most populous community is Teays Valley. West Virginia ...