PORTSMOUTH, Va. — After 25 years, the Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ) that five local cities once relied on is set to close by April 1, 2024. In 1998, leaders of Hampton, Newport News ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Portsmouth jail is now empty. Over 150 men and women Portsmouth inmates are now at the former Hampton Roads Regional Jail, Portsmouth Sheriff Michael Moore confirmed.

PORTSMOUTH — A major regional jail in Hampton Roads will soon be shut down ... At 385,000 square feet, it was Virginia’s third largest jail. The regional jail was designed to help city ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth’s interim city manager is set to start negotiations with Hampton Roads Regional Jail leadership to see if the city can acquire the soon-to-be shuttered ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The City of Portsmouth is pushing to purchase the former Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ) facility. City leaders say that while their tentative goal was to be in the new ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority Board voted unanimously to close the jail during a meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Hampton Roads Regional Jail set to close April 2024 ...

Inmates died nearly nine times more often in custody at Hampton Roads Regional Jail than at other local or regional jails in Virginia during ... been locked up at the Portsmouth-based jail have ...

The Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority — made up of ... At 385,000 square feet on Elmhurst Lane in Portsmouth, it was at the time Virginia’s third largest jail. The $66 million facility ...

PORTSMOUTH — A fire at the Portsmouth City Jail last week forced more than 150 inmates and staff to move to the Hampton Roads Regional Jail, where city officials hope they will remain during the ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - An investigation is underway after an inmate at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail was killed. On March 24 around 4:45 p.m., officials said a warrant was served by Hampton Roads ...