At least a half dozen senior officials with the Virginia Department of Corrections have been replaced under the department’s new director, Joseph Walters, according to an internal memo obtained ...

Dusty Turner released from prison as advocates continue working to clear his name ...

Virginia’s Department of Corrections says it’s in the process of modernizing prison communications -- giving high-tech tablets to 25-hundred inmates at four test sites. Officials have already branded ...

Last year, 31 visitors were caught bringing drugs into prisons, and drugs were found in the mail 12 times. Other states have tried similar methods to stop smuggling. The American Civil Liberties Union ...

The investigation continues into a $1.1 million drug trafficking operation at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland County. Three additional people have been charged by a grand jury ...

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Va. — A Halifax woman faces felony charges after authorities say she attempted to smuggle drugs into a Virginia state correctional facility during visiting hours. Paula Saunders ...

Virginia Republicans are urging Gov. Abigail Spanberger to reverse her decision to end Virginia’s cooperation agreements with ICE.

Four corrections officers were injured following an "incident" at Wallens Ridge State Prison, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections.

RICHMOND, Va. — Nadia Ross remembers her younger brother Princeo Brooks as someone who was "always smiling." The 42-year-old loved his music, his family and above all, his 10-year-old son Kendrick.