Virginia houses 113 MS-13 inmates, according to statistics shared by the state Department of Corrections as of June 13.

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Two more former correctional officers have been sentenced for their role in the assault and ...

Two former West Virginia correctional officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday for their roles in an assault ...

It’s summer, and that means trouble for some of the state’s oldest prisons. Some still lack air conditioning, and even those ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections says it’s closing four facilities, including three state prisons, in July to address safety concerns and staffing challenges.

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.

A lawsuit brought by several inmates in West Virginia’s correctional system raising issues about conditions under the ...

Nearly half of inmates with reduced sentences under a Democrat-backed Virginia sentencing law were arrested again within a ...

“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 ...

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 ...

An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said most of the assailants were MS-13 gang members.

The Virginia Department of Corrections is one of five prison systems selected to participate in an initiative aimed at safely reducing the use of inmate solitary confinement, also known as ...