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 ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections reported that the arrest occurred on November 1, following a use of force incident that resulted in an inmate requiring medical treatment outside the facility.

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

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

Danny Ludeman, a highly respected leader in financial services as CEO of Wells Fargo Advisors who later founded a nonprofit ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said enough ...

A now-former correctional officer at Greensville County Correctional Center will serve less than a week behind bars after he ...

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 ...

Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158, which mandated the Department of Corrections to implement a consistent education system ...