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      Poor People's Campaign, Families Demand DOJ Probe of Over 100 West Virginia Jail Deaths

      "Poverty or a prison sentence should not be a death sentence," asserted campaign co-chair Bishop William J. Barber II after relatives of inmates who died last year told their loved ones' stories.

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 23, 2023

      Activists with the Poor People's Campaign and relatives of some of the 13 inmates who died at West Virginia's Southern Regional Jail last year held a press conference Thursday to implore the Biden administration to investigate conditions at the notorious lockup, as well as the deaths of more than 100 prisoners in the state during the last 10 years.

      "We're doing this on behalf of the 13 people who have died senselessly, we believe, at the Southern Regional Jail... and on behalf of over 100 more who have died within West Virginia regional jails over the last decade," Bishop William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, said at the online conference.

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      The William Sharpe Jr. Hospital is shown in Weston, West Virginia.

      West Virginia Journalist Fired in Alleged Retaliation Over Reporting on Abuse in State Facilities

      Amelia Knisely's reporting allegedly sparked threats from the state health department.

      Julia Conley
      Dec 29, 2022

      A journalist at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the state's public television and radio news network, was fired from her position after reporting on abuses taking place at state-run psychiatric facilities—reporting that allegedly sparked threats from state health officials and pressure on the network to change its coverage of the state government.

      Amelia Knisely published a report on November 3 about abuses suffered by people with disabilities at William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital and other facilities run by the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), and a call by state Senate President Craig Blair, a Republican, for GOP Gov. Jim Justice's administration to investigate the hospital.

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      On Eve of Senate Vote, Climate Campaigners Make 'Big Push' Against Manchin 'Dirty Deal'

      "Our elected congressional representatives cannot bless a backroom deal brokered by fossil fuel industry lobbyists that promises untold damage to American communities like mine," said one frontline activist.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 26, 2022

      On the eve of a key U.S. Senate vote, opponents of Sen. Joe Manchin's industry-backed energy permitting bill on Monday ramped up efforts to stop legislation that critics say will boost fossil fuel development amid a worsening climate emergency.

      "Sen. Joe Manchin's dirty deal could fast-track numerous coal, crude oil, and gas development projects across the country."

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