Virginia Democrats reportedly quickly dispatched Delegate Kim Taylor's sex offender legislation, as another proponent of her bill joins her in crying foul.

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

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

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

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

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

The Roanoke County Police Department is investigating after an inmate died early Friday at the Western Virginia Regional Jail ...

A lawsuit has been filed in the death of an inmate who died just hours after he was booked into a West Virginia jail. The ...

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

A Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate died after being found unresponsive in his cell, according to the facility. On Friday morning, Martin Scott Ransone, 64, was found and medical and additional ...

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