At least six people at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia intentionally lit themselves on fire. Now, prisoners say the staff ...

A federal jury has cleared five former correctional officers in a civil suit related to the death of an inmate housed at the ...

Virginia’s prisons have been fighting allegations that they callously lock away prisoners for years in solitary confinement.

In 2023, the officers were sued by Kymberly Hobbs, whose brother, Charles Givens, was found dead in his cell in February 2022. Givens was severely mentally handicapped.

West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with ...

NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in ...

West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with ...

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

The former commander of the West Virginia State Police detachments in Pleasants and Wood counties has been tapped by ...

The following September, a patrol dog named Oscar attacked Ryan Edwards, a Virginia Department of Corrections canine-officer trainee, during obedience training. The dog bit both of Edwards ...

President Donald Trump has tapped William "Billy" K. Marshall III, the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has recently provided flood relief to residents in impacted areas of Buchanan County. Professionals from the Keen Mountain ...