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New allegations have been raised in a lawsuit focused on the death of an inmate who was beaten by guards while restrained and died while in custody.
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — Four of eight Southern Regional Jail guards charged in the beating death of 37-year-old Quantez Burks at the jail on March 1, 2022, are still employees of the jail, according to records released Friday, February 24, 2024, by West Virginia State Auditor’s Office under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Burks […]
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — Attorneys representing the family of Quantez Burks, who died while incarcerated for a pre-trial offense at Southern Regional Jail in March of 2022, allege that the company contracted to provide medical care to inmates failed to help Burks. Later, while guards were allegedly beating him, one of the nurses is now […]
A 24-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia. The incident happened on a Friday morning. When they found him, the staff
Six more former Southern Regional Jail correctional officers are facing federal charges for an assault that led to the death of a man there last year.