A West Virginia judge ordered that a monitor be put in place to oversee state child protective services placements in hotels ...

Alabama's governor on Friday commuted a death row inmate's sentence to life in prison, saying there are questions about the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia judge ordered that a monitor be put in place to oversee state child protective ...

Shaine Black, 26, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree sexual abuse by a custodian ...

Recruitment and retention pay that has been used to address severe staff shortages at federal prisons across the country is ...

Recruitment and retention pay that has been used to address severe staff shortages at federal prisons across the country is being cut, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.

Daryl Smith, 50, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for the distribution of cocaine base.

Kanawha County Judge Maryclaire Akers is asking county and state officials, such as the new West Virginia Department of Human ...

Some state prisons have been “left unguarded” during an unsanctioned correction officer strike, jeopardizing the safety of ...

West Virginia temporarily deployed its contingent ... yet to stand down a contingent of 300 National Guardsmen in its state prisons. Last December, the nonpartisan Prison Policy Initiative ...

Kay Ivey to consider clemency and leave Myers in prison for the rest of his life ... according to his lawyers. The state ...

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is scheduled to be in court for the first time since his December arraignment.