A West Virginia couple has been sentenced to decades in prison for abusing and enslaving their Black adopted children, forcing them to perform heavy labor and endure inhumane conditions.

Jeanne Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to up to 215 years. Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to up to 160 years, the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney said.

A West Virginia couple convicted of the mistreatment of their adopted children, including locking some in a shed, received maximum sentences of decades in prison.

Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather tortured five children they forced into slave labor, locking them in a shed without water or light. “May God have mercy on your souls, because this court will not, ...