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W.Va. High Court to Reconsider Jail Rape Case

  

The West Virginia Supreme Court is reconsidering its ruling over a lawsuit alleging a male correctional officer repeatedly raped a female inmate.

The court on Tuesday decided it will modify a ruling that the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Authority can’t be held liable.

After reviewing new information, the court wrote it will issue a modified opinion without further oral arguments. Advocates for social justice, civil liberties and other groups provided new comments.

Justices Menis Ketchum and Allen Loughry dissented.

In her lawsuit, the woman alleged the officer raped her 17 times while incarcerated at the Southern Regional Jail in 2009.

In March, the court ruled the authority has immunity because the woman didn’t provide evidence that the officer’s alleged actions occurred within the scope of his employment.

W.Va. Inmate Dies After Altercation at Jail

  West Virginia State Police are investigating the death of a Southern Regional Jail inmate following an altercation with another prisoner.

Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says 51-year-old Carlos McMillion died Tuesday at a Charleston hospital.

Messina says an altercation between McMillion and 21-year-old Geremy Austin West occurred at the jail on Saturday.

McMillion was being held at the jail on first-degree robbery charges from Raleigh County. West is being held on a bond revocation for pending burglary, grand larceny and conspiracy charges from Mercer County.

Other details weren’t immediately available.

Court Says W.Va. Jail Agency Not Liable in Lawsuit

The West Virginia Supreme Court has dismissed the state Regional Jail Authority from a lawsuit that alleged a male correctional officer repeatedly raped a female inmate.
 
The court says the authority is entitled to immunity because the woman failed to provide any evidence that the officer’s alleged actions occurred within the scope of his employment.

The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the woman against the authority and the officer. The lawsuit alleged that the officer raped the woman 17 times while she was an inmate at the Southern Regional Jail in 2009.
 
The lawsuit claimed the authority was negligent in training, supervision and retention of the officer.
 
The Charleston Gazette says the court issued its 4-1 opinion Thursday. Chief Justice Robin Davis dissented.
 

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