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Postal carrier seen stealing mail on camera in VA, feds say. She’s sentenced
Kiesha L. Brown, 32, from Hampton, was sentenced to two years behind bars and ordered to pay more than $155,000 in ...
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UVA to be first public university in state to offer prison degrees
For the past few years, the school has been exploring bringing its classrooms to prisons. The move would be the first of its ...
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Two inmates who burned themselves at Red Onion State Prison transferred out of state
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has confirmed that two inmates that purposefully burned themselves while at ...
Look inside: We spent $64 million turning an old Virginia prison into an apartment complex— 'it's important to preserve history'
The Lorton Reformatory was built in 1910 and shut down in 2001. Now the 2,400-acre property houses apartments, a preschool, ...
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Richmond-area drug trafficker off the streets, sentenced to 12 years in prison
A Virginia man was sentenced this week to more than 12 years in prison for a drug trafficking arrest last year. Robert Damian Atkins, 39, of Prince George, was sentenced Thursday for possession ...
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W.Va. Corrections and Rehabilitation commissioner to head Federal Bureau of Prisons
“It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve the state of West Virginia as the commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation. DCR have incredible talent and people and I was honored to ...
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Grand jury to begin reviewing beating death at Mid-State prison this week
Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility, which is next door to the Mid-State prison, according to two people briefed on the matter. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The federal reviews ...
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State representatives pass bill providing naloxone to people leaving jail, prison to prevent overdose
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday to provide naloxone to people leaving jails and prisons if they were incarcerated for drug-related charges or have a ...
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2 inmates suspected of homicide inside Salinas Valley State Prison
THOSE WHO USED IT AND ARE TELLING THEM TO - QUOTE - "SELF DEPORT."## OFFICIALS AT SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON ARE INVESTIGATING THE FATAL ATTACK OF INMATE ááJOSEPH MENDOZAááá. IT HAPPENED ...
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Inmate dead in homicide investigation at Salinas Valley State Prison
SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV) -- An inmate is dead with two others detained during a homicide investigation at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad. According to the California Department of Corrections ...
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Hearing begins on State Farm’s home insurance price hike. Here’s what’s been said
Those comments came during opening arguments in the first day of a highly unusual public hearing about a request by State Farm’s California operation for an emergency rate increase. State Farm ...
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CA insurance boss not present at hearing as State Farm makes case to raise insurance rates up to 38%
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- California's largest insurer, State Farm, tried to justify its request to raise property insurance rates as high as 38% during a public hearing in Oakland on Tuesday.