West Virginia built its regional jail system decades ago because counties couldn’t afford to operate their own jails. For a while, Cabell County’s jail was taken over by federal courts ...
A sandstone building with "South Central Regional Jail" on the side of it sits in the background behind a parking lot. South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia. (Photo by Lexi Browning ...
West Virginia's regional jails have a higher death rate than the national average, with most of those who died being pretrial detainees and over half of these deaths occurring within the first 30 days ...
The Vape Safety Act of 2026 passed in the West Virginia House of Delegates on Friday, aiming to crack down on the bad actors in the vape shop world. WVU names Bridgeport native Reese Allen as 72nd ...
The Cabell County Commission voted Thursday to use half of its opioid settlement funds as reimbursement to the county for previously paid regional jail fees.