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Three inmates indicted on assault, contraband charges

Newsroom@DominionPost.com Three inmates at Federal Correction Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills were indicted Tuesday on various charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Edward Smith, 38, was indicted on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily ...

Union: Marshals are not following protocol

Hazelton workers say inmates being moved without testing for COVID KINGWOOD — Workers at federal prisons in Hazelton say the U.S. Marshals Service is ignoring Bureau of Prisons (BOP) protocols created to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Richard Heldreth, president of Local 420 of the ...

Postcast 20 – May 22, 2020

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FCC Hazelton worker tests positive for virus

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, which represents workers at Hazelton, confirmed the positive test Wednesday morning. “Preliminarily, this ...

Officials try to stop inmate transfers

AG calls on BOP to equip prisons for testing new prisoners Federal and state elected officials are seeking to stop or change the way the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) handles inmate transfers to quarantine units at two federal prisons in West Virginia. West Virginia Attorney General ...