According to the Virginia ACLU, 41 of Virginia’s 59 jails spent no money at all on inmate programs in fiscal year 2020, which began July 1, 2019 and ended June 30, 2020. The Rappahannock ...

A 60-year-old inmate at Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth died two days after his written request for emergency medical help last month was denied. The form was among the personal ...

A state jail review committee has recommended that Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County be decertified and closed after an investigation found that jail staff may have directly or ...

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 previous day, Reese, a recovering opioid addict who had been through open-heart surgery, suffered a stroke in her cell at Northern Neck Regional Jail. More than 11 hours elapsed before she was ...

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 homeowner was arrested and is currently at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. An 18-year-old boy was allegedly shot dead by a homeowner after he mistook a TikTok-style doorbell prank for burglary ...

superintendent of the Northern Neck Regional Jail. The victim suffered puncture wounds to his hand, scalp and neck and was hospitalized for three days, Hull said. He was released Dec. 21 and ...