The Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails voted Wednesday to approve an agreement with the governing body of Riverside Regional Jail that would avert decertification of the facility and allow ...

The deputy superintendent of the Western Virginia Regional Jail has been promoted to the top job after the retirement of his predecessor. David Cox, 55, is a 27-year veteran of law enforcement who ...

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 ...

Authorities say Jerry Wayne Bright Jr., 37, died Saturday inside the Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange after being incarcerated on Dec. 13 on charges of robbing a residence in Orange on Dec ...

A missed meal is said to have led to the injury of one officer in a disturbance involving 17 inmates at the Northern Neck Regional Jail on Tuesday. Ted Hull, superintendent of the jail ...

The Riverside Regional Jail Authority, made up of local officials and sheriffs in seven area localities, unanimously accepted DeSadier’s resignation Thursday after a special session that was ...