HAZELTON — A staff member at FCC Hazelton has tested positive for the coronavirus. Rick Heldreth, president of Local 420 of the American Federation of Government Employees, […]
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Second W.Va. Corrections employee positive for COVID-19
CHARLESTON — A part-time employee at the Huttonsville Correctional Center has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting additional precautions at that facility. The individual, who is quarantined at […]
Manchin, AG Barr to stop out-of-state inmate transfers to federal prisons
No more new, out-of-state inmates will be transferred to federal prisons in West Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., made the announcement Friday. […]
BOP: 1 prisoner tests positive for COVID-19
The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday that it will expand rapid testing of inmates transferred to quarantine sites but also that no transfers are scheduled to […]
Protesters fight feds on plan to make FCC Hazelton a COVID-19 quarantine facility
HAZELTON — West Virginians from the governor to the state’s federal representatives and local residents are asking the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to reconsider its decision […]
Union says Hazelton prison to become regional quarantine site for prisoners
HAZELTON -— U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton has been designated a quarantine site for prisoners, while it is determined if they have coronavirus, and members of Local 420 of […]
USP Hazelton inmate dies; death not COVID-19 related
HAZELTON — A United States Penitentiary Hazelton inmate’s death is not coronavirus related, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Wednesday. According to a press release, at about […]
The power of reading: Appalachian Prison Ministries hosts book wrapping session
A good book is freeing. A good book is liberating. And the words, ideas, observations and narratives contained therein can set any soul to soaring — no […]
