New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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Some W.Va. Counties Pay Jail Debt With Opioid Funds, Citing Budget Strains
Wyoming County is one of the state’s most rural. It’s home to about 20,000 residents, but no hospital and zero certified treatment beds, according to the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy. As the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic raged, Wyoming County had a prescription overdose death rate of 54.6 per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2014 — the highest in the nation.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGovernor Picks New Corrections Leader After Incumbent Promoted To Federal Bureau
Gov. Patrick Morrisey has appointed a long-time corrections employee, Lance Yardley, as the acting commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCorrections Officials Call For More Remote Hearings To Save Money
Some West Virginia corrections officials called for more virtual trials during a House subcommittee meeting Thursday morning.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCorrectional, Parole Officer Vacancies In State Jails Reduced To Single Digits
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.
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Judge Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Over W.Va. Prison And Jail Conditions
A 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 NewsNational Guard No Longer Stationed In Correctional Facilities
As 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.
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