West Virginia Mugshots: Crime Doesn't Pay (But It Makes Headlines)

A controversial bill working through the state capitol could end the practice of making arrest mug shots available to the public and press in west virginia. It soon could be against the law to publish mug shots in west virginia. If the new law is enacted the west virginia division of corrections & rehabilitation could no longer make mugshots public on its websites and it would no longer be able to share. If the bill is enacted into law, the west virginia division of corrections & rehabilitation could no longer make mugshots public on its websites and it would no longer be able to share. House bill 4621 would also require websites that publish mugshots and take payments to remove them remove those photos from publication within seven days of a.