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An inmate at a federal prison in West Virginia died after Monday after he was found unresponsive, officials said.Cecil ...

A former correctional officer was sentenced Monday to six and a half years in prison for failing to stop fellow officers during an assault that left an inmate dead. Ashley Toney’s prison sentence will ...

A man from Detroit, Michigan, received prison time in West Virginia for multiple violations. According to a press release ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Problems with local water service continue to plague the state’s maximum security prison in Fayette County. The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) - 46% over capacity, that’s the status of North Central Regional Jail’s inmate numbers according to lawmakers. In a meeting of the West Virginia Legislature’s Oversight Committee ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun serving his 7 ½-year prison sentence Monday after reporting to a West Virginia federal prison. The longtime Democratic politician is appealing ...

A tractor trailer crash stalled traffic along the West Virginia Turnpike Monday morning.The crash was reported along Interstate 77 North at mile marker 60 near Two hospitalized after early morning ...

She was responsible for moving money from West Virginia to Chicago to pay for shipments of drugs, which turned out to be ...

Four more former Southern Regional Jail correctional officers were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the death of an inmate in 2022. Quantez Burks, identified in Justice Department news ...