Tag: West Virginia Regional Jail System

Regional Jails Chief DeLong To Step Down

  Executive Director Joe DeLong announce Monday his plans to resign from the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority. 

DeLong will step down March 31 to pursue other opportunities. DeLong was named acting executive director in January 2012 and the RJA board voted to make him the agency’s permanent chief that August. 

While in the position DeLong saw a reduction in the daily fee paid by counties and municipalities, a 34 percent decline in mandatory overtime since 2012 and a 44 percent drop in claims filed against the RJA since 2011. 

DeLong also completed a series of meetings last year at each of the regional jails to explain the RJA’s finances to local leaders. 

Regional Jail System Awarded Grant to Fight Assault

The West Virginia regional jail system will use a $410,522 matching grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fight assault.

The money will be used toward training staff, educating inmates and providing victims’ services to combat sexual abuse and sexual assault. The Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority successfully applied for funds offered to help states implement the U.S. Prison Rape Elimination ACT.

The grant program supports demonstration projects that establish a “zero tolerance” culture for sexual assault in correctional facilities.

The funding will help each pilot program to train staff, review and revise existing policies, educate inmates, develop partnerships with counseling services and enhance the jails existing medical services. 

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