Reporting by Mountain State Spotlight has led to the rollback of a jail secrecy law passed in 2022, after a powerful West Virginia state senator admitted last year’s legislation had negative consequences and sponsored a bill to fix it.
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Reporting by Mountain State Spotlight has led to the rollback of a jail secrecy law passed in 2022, after a powerful West Virginia state senator admitted last year’s legislation had negative consequences and sponsored a bill to fix it.