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Corrections 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.

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LGBTQ Inclusion In Huntington And Reading Roadblocks In Prisons, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, will LGBTQ inclusion in Huntington stay strong under a new mayor as some civil rights face attack on the state level?

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Correctional, 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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‘Period Poverty’: Reducing Barriers To Menstrual Product Access

Activists call barriers to accessing pads and tampons “period poverty.” They say its impact is felt across American life, from the classroom to the prison system. But some in West Virginia and beyond are working to change that.

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