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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]
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 ...
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 ...
The case has drawn scrutiny to conditions and deaths at the Southern Regional Jail. Earlier this month, West Virginia agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by inmates who ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of West Virginia. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 233 law enforcement agencies employing 3,382 sworn police officers, about 186 for each 100,000 residents.
[3] [4] Within nine years, West Virginia Penitentiary was closed as a prison. [3] [4] Most of the inmates were transferred to the Mt. Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County, West Virginia. [2] [3] A smaller correctional facility was built a mile away in Moundsville to serve as a regional jail. [2] [3]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force West Virginia to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions statewide and fill worker vacancies.
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