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Virginia houses 113 MS-13 inmates, according to statistics shared by the state Department of Corrections as of June 13.
It’s summer, and that means trouble for some of the state’s oldest prisons. Some still lack air conditioning, and even those ...
AFOI and VADOC collaborate to reduce the cost of video visitation to 12 cents-per-minute, enhancing support for families impacted by incarceration. Visit for more information.
The only privately-operated state prison has now changed hands and is in the control of the Virginia Department of Corrections. Lawrenceville Correctional Center opened in 1998.
RICHMOND — The head of Virginia’s prison system, Harold Clarke, told lawmakers Wednesday that his department is short 1,500 correctional officers, leaving essential posts unmanned and forcing ...
“At the end of the day, the federal dollars are there for a reason. And if we have facilities that can go to work, we should make them available,” Governor Glenn Youngkin said when asked if the four ...
First Amendment attorney says the public has 'an interest and perhaps an obligation to understand what's going on in jails and prisons' ...