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March 22, 2024

How the Legislature Failed to Improve West Virginia’s Deadly Jails During the 2024 Session

Mountain State Spotlight – On Feb. 9, 20-year-old Desarae Godsey died during a stint at the Southern Regional Jail, adding another name to the growing list of people who have died at West Virginia’s deadliest jail. 

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An hour west on I-64 and a day earlier, delegates on the House Committee on Jails and Prisons sat around a large conference table to discuss some bills to hopefully make the jails a little better.

The week after that, they met again to hear from the state’s jail commissioner. A Democrat asked about Godsey’s death and the commissioner said he couldn’t give specifics. He did say in general, cracking down on drugs coming inside could save inmate lives. 

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