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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Dec 21, 2022, 12:46 PM Dec 2022

WV lawmakers voted to keep jail records hidden from public. Some say they regret it.

Kenwardjr Retweeted

NEW: Many records from inside West Virginia’s deadly jail system are no longer available to the public after lawmakers passed a secrecy law on the legislative session's final day.

Now, some involved in the process say they will look at revising the law.

mountainstatespotlight.org
WV lawmakers voted to keep jail records hidden from public. Some say they regret it.
Many documents from inside West Virginia’s deadly jail system are no longer available to the public under a new secrecy law.


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