First Amendment attorney says the public has 'an interest and perhaps an obligation to understand what's going on in jails and prisons' ...

Virginia should end a program that allows prison inmates to reduce their time behind bars for good behavior, because too many ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new month means new laws in Virginia. Starting July 1, dozens of new laws will take effect, ...

It’s been more than a year since Virginia’s General Assembly voted to create an office that would investigate claims against ...

Dotson ended Virginia’s contract with a private prison company, the GEO Group, bringing Lawrenceville Correctional Center back under state control. Virginia’s primary union for correctional ...

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 who entered the US illegally.

Five guards were injured in an apparent "premeditated" attack by inmates affiliated with the MS-13 and Sureño 13 gangs at a Virginia prison, state corrections officials said.

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 who entered the U.S. illegally.

DOJ facing questions after trying to drop case against accused MS-13 leader 05:30. An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said ...

At Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia, a violent attack by inmates, predominantly MS-13 gang members who entered the US illegally, injured five guards. Three guards were stabbed and required ...

FILE - Virginia Lt. Gov. John Hager gets a tour April 9, 1999, of the new Wallens Ridge State Prison from Department of Corrections Director Ron Angelone in Big Stone Gap, Va. (Tan Van Le/Bristol ...