WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail (VPRJ) and law enforcement agencies were searching for an inmate who mistakenly was released from jail on Tuesday.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — An inmate who was mistakenly released from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Tuesday turned himself in later that night, jail officials said. Brian Robert Lewis of Hampton ...

The jail was waiting for preliminary autopsy results. The Virginia Department of Corrections will investigate what happened which is routine whenever anyone dies in the custody of a jail.

JAMES CITY — An inmate from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail is in the hospital following an assault, authorities said Tuesday. An incident between two inmates occurred about 7:45 p.m ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail announced that their work force crews have recovered two handguns in the last two weeks. According to a press release, VPRJ’s ...

Almost six months after a former Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail guard was sentenced to 8 months behind bars in the sexual assaults of two inmates, three former inmates at the jail have filed ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail officials confirmed an inmate has died while in custody early Sunday morning. Jail officials say just after 1 a.m., a VPRJ officer was ...

Two current inmates at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail were charged with conspiracy to deliver drugs to prisoners, according to Colonel Roy Witham, the superintendent of the jail.

Major Angelanette Moore was on duty at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail in Williamsburg when she died Thursday evening.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - An inmate who was mistakenly released from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Tuesday turned himself in Tuesday night, jail officials said. Brian Robert Lewis of Hampton was ...

JAMES CITY — An inmate from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail is in the hospital following an assault, authorities said Tuesday. An incident between two inmates occurred about 7:45 p.m ...

Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail officials are working to determine how the mistaken release happened, said Roy Witham, the jail’s superintendent, in a statement.