Two federal judges in the Southern District of West Virginia have now ruled that immigrants were illegally detained in West ...

As federal judges have ruled that three immigrants were wrongly jailed in West Virginia, the state continues to hold hundreds of immigrant detainees in its overcrowded jails. U.S. District Judge ...

Federal judges in West Virginia have ordered the release of several immigrant detainees in January and February 2026 due to ...

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 ...

As the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation aims to tighten its belt under the Morrisey administration, several changes ...

Three West Virginia jails are being used to house immigrant detainees in a deal that has made the state’s corrections division more than $333,000 so far this year. During President Donald Trump’s mass ...

West Virginia is making progress in addressing staffing shortages in its crowded jails and prisons, but hundreds of positions remain unfilled. David Kelly, commissioner for the state’s Division of ...

The state Division of Corrections remains focused on retaining qualified personnel, even under challenges like a wave of retirements, the commissioner told lawmakers. Commissioner David Kelly appeared ...

CHARLESTON — Three West Virginia jails holding some of the country’s immigrant detainees are over capacity. Data from the state’s corrections division — shared Tuesday with state lawmakers — showed ...