Former West Virginia Corrections Officers Plead Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Charges in Connection with Death of Inmate

Two former corrections officers from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today for their respective roles in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Ashley Toney and Jacob Boothe each pleaded guilty to violating inmate Q.B.’s civil rights by failing to intervene to protect Q.B. from being physically assaulted by other correctional officers. Read More