A female corrections officer at the Nottoway Correction Center was stabbed during an incident that occurred on Thursday, May ...

Three Virginia corrections officers were injured in the coordinated attack by MS-13 gang member inmates, according to officials.

Three Wallens Ridge corrections officers suffered knife wounds in an attack by inmates linked to the MS-13 gang, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC). What To Know The attack ...

A Staunton man is headed to prison for possessing child sexual abuse images and having a bestiality video involving a dog and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Virginia Department of Corrections says it’s closing four facilities, including three state prisons, in July to address safety concerns and staffing challenges.

The Virginia Department of Corrections’ K9s, including Anubis, Ben, Chako, Cyrus, Doc, Eros, Faro, Farron, Gus, Hector, Jeff, ...

Three guards were stabbed and were transported for medical treatment along with two others hurt Friday at Wallens Ridge State Prison in western Virginia, the state Department of Corrections said.

RICHMOND — The head of Virginia’s prison system, Harold Clarke, told lawmakers Wednesday that his department is short 1,500 correctional officers, leaving essential posts unmanned and forcing ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections said Thursday that it has ended what it calls “restrictive housing” in prisons. The ACLU of Virginia and other advocates for prison inmates — who call ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A now-former corrections officer was arrested and charged after smuggling drugs into a facility, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. Twenty-nine-year-old Raekwon ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections arrested one of its own for smuggling drugs into a state prison, it announced on Tuesday. The guard arrested is 29-year-old Raekwon Robins. The department ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections reported that Joyner's arrest occurred on November 1, following a use of force incident that resulted in an inmate requiring medical treatment outside the ...