A 37-year-old New River Valley Regional Jail inmate died last week of an apparent suicide, according to jail interim Superintendent Charlie Poff. Michael Amos, of Henry County, was found hanging ...

The Virginia Board of Local and Regional ... state jail board, said at the time that conditions in the jail “represent a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the inmates.” ...

Staff at Riverside Regional Jail failed to keep close enough watch on an inmate who committed suicide and an officer then falsified the logbook, and proper emergency supplies were unavailable to ...