At least three prisons have a 50% vacancy rate, with some so short-staffed that they have been incapable of complying with policies on safety, medical treatment and solitary confinement.
Two law-and-order Republicans, including a longtime Chesapeake jail deputy, are pushing the idea that former inmates who do exceptionally well on probation should get a break on time in the ...
A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted earlier this week on charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County.