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Bringing back the death penalty is one of the goals of the West Virginia Legislature this session. Sen. Mike Stuart, R-Kanawha, and no less than Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley
Three days before Christmas, a 24-year-old man died at the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County. He was one of at least 27 people who died at that one facility
Inmate deaths at regional jails in West Virginia decreased in 2023 from the previous year, according to state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation data. But the 2023 death count remained far above past annual death totals reported by the state, a trend poised to renew concerns about jail conditions and inmate treatment.