ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – An investigation is underway after an inmate at the Western Virginia Regional Jail was found unresponsive in her cell, and pronounced dead soon after. According to jail officials ...

Charlie Poff won't be putting up the "No Vacancy" sign any time soon, but the new Western Virginia Regional Jail he oversees should be filled to just over 90 percent of its standard capacity of 605 ...

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WOWK) — A Western Regional Jail (WRJ) inmate was arrested after an altercation resulted in the death of another inmate. West Virginia State Police (WVSP) said in a release that ...

Federal officials are investigating complaints about conditions at a West Virginia jail, according to a published report. The Register-Herald reports the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security ...

An inmate being housed at Western Virginia Regional Jail who physically assaulted and pepper-sprayed a corrections officer while awaiting sentencing on federal drug charges was sentenced this week in ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — Western Tidewater Regional Jail staff received information and intelligence of a possible plan for illegal drugs and contraband to be brought into the facility by outside people on ...

A spokesperson with the jail said that after verifying the information and an additional investigation, it was determined that the security breach was going to be attempted in the early morning hours ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections officers ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — A lieutenant at Western Tidewater Regional Jail has been charged with driving under the influence. Officials with the Suffolk Police Department say 37-year-old Zachary Hamann was ...