A proposed bill in the West Virginia House would add a minimum fine or jail sentence to assault or battery charges on ...

According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, $44.7 million was billed to all state counties in 2024 to pay for jails. $479.1 million is the total cost of all West Virginia jails ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A Beckley attorney who shined a national spotlight on conditions inside West Virginia jails said on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, that he believes conditions such as ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey is asking the federal government to approve West Virginia’s participation in programs that will give more flexibility to correctional officers and other law enforcement agencies ...

A West Virginia man will receive jail time for trying to purchase a child in Mexico, police say. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Scott David Bixler, 43, of Morgantown, was sentenced to 10 ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — An inmate at a federal correctional facility in West Virginia was sentenced to additional prison time after he was found with a weapon, officials said. Demoreal Killebrew ...

Woman found in her vehicle in the parking lot of a Kanawha County restaurant while children were stranded in the backseat ...

According to the board’s most recent report on jail deaths, Henrico Jail West had three deaths in 2022 and two deaths in 2023 ...

West Virginia jails and prisons are detaining 58 people suspected of immigration violations, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey. The detainments are part of President Donald Trump’s mass ...

NEW CUMBERLAND – Five area residents are in custody following a drug trafficking investigation in Hancock County. According to information provided today by Sheriff Scott Gittings, the ...