Democratic Delegate Vivian Watts told 7News the bill McKay referred to only deals with state parks and not local rec centers ...

The Augusta County Sheriff's Office said a probationer escaped from Cold Springs Correctional Unit #10 on Wednesday afternoon ...

An inmate of a Virginia Department of Corrections facility has been indicted after officials said he admitted to attacking a ...

A Virginia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted raping a minor he was reportedly in a ...

A Virginia inmate is facing two felony charges related to an attack on a correctional officer at Nottoway Correctional Center ...

A male inmate is on the run after escaping a camp at Cold Springs Correctional Center in Greenville, according to the Sheriff ...

The legislation, introduced by Republican lawmakers, has successfully passed through the Democrat-controlled General Assembly and has garnered support from figures in the criminal justice field ...

Last fall, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) confirmed that at least six inmates burned themselves — though ...

The state will deputize some state troopers as immigration agents and use state facilities to hold detainees and train state ...

The case of Richard Cox, who faces 22 criminal counts, has raised questions about the effectiveness of current policies.

The combination of poor staffing and high incarceration rates is no coincidence — incarceration in Virginia is a ...

NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An inmate of a Virginia Department of Corrections facility has been indicted after officials said he admitted to attacking a correctional officer. According to ...