In 1990, the closure of the Virginia State Penitentiary ended nearly 200 years of holding state inmates in downtown Richmond.

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

Virginia's juvenile justice director is raising questions about how one legislator obtained information about the facility through youth formerly incarcerated there.

Many of us work to make money – to pay bills, as the old saying goes. Others say they enjoy what they do and define ...

who, as West Virginia’s governor, appointed Marshall to lead the state’s prison system — praised ... In response to such allegations, Marshall said “inmates made up claims of inhumane ...

The head of West Virginia’s state corrections system, long plagued by overcrowding and inmate deaths, has been tapped to lead the agency that manages federal prisons beset by similar issues.

Jim Justice — who, as West Virginia’s governor, appointed Marshall to lead the state’s prison system — praised ... Marshall said “inmates made up claims of inhumane treatment and told ...

Red Onion State Prison is a supermax prison in Wise ... we have a zero-tolerance for inhumane treatment of inmates.” In November, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus called on Gov.

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

A North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling has reversed a Wake County judge’s order allowing a transgender woman inmate to be ...

He was transferred shortly after allegations surfaced of inmates burning themselves. Johnson says the burnings and his experience show why Red Onion State Prison, Virginia’s only supermax prison ...