The former officers, who brutally beat a 37-year-old man, received prison terms ranging from three years to more than two ...

Two former West Virginia correctional officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday for their roles in an assault ...

Two former Southern Regional Jail correctional officers will spend the next two decades behind bars themselves for their ...

A lawsuit brought by several inmates in West Virginia’s correctional system raising issues about conditions under the ...

CHARLESTON — State officials reported progress nearly four months after legislation was signed providing additional pay and incentives for correctional officers and as a federal class action ...

West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.

West Virginia lawmakers received an update Tuesday on conditions at the state's correctional centers that have drawn intense scrutiny.

The new corrections leader for West Virginia said inmates urged relatives to lie about inhumane conditions at state prisons, jails and juvenile detention facili ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia prison inmate whose infant daughter has been missing for more than two years has been indicted on murder and other charges, authorities said.A gr… ...

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. U.S. District Judge ...

A lawsuit brought by several inmates in West Virginia’s correctional system raising issues about conditions under the previous administration of former governor Jim Justice was dismissed by a federal ...