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After years of understaffing, West Virginia’s prison and jail system now has a correctional and parole officer vacancy rate below 10 percent. From May to August 2024, the vacancy rate for correctional officers in state-run facilities fell from 12 to 9 percent.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA class action lawsuit filed last August by several West Virginia inmates over living conditions in the state’s correctional system has been dismissed.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAs of May 10, no members of the West Virginia National Guard are stationed in state prisons or jails. This follows more than a year of National Guard support over understaffing.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRegional jails in West Virginia have long struggled with staffing and safety issues. Investment reforms and recruiting efforts from state leadership aim to solve these issues.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAuthorities said Joel Smithers headed a drug distribution ring that contributed to the opioid abuse crisis in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAdvocates and families of incarcerated people in West Virginia will gather inside the capitol building in the lower rotunda on Saturday morning.
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