He said in a Dec. 17 email that there are 502 state-responsible, or DOC, inmates at Rappahannock Regional Jail, “350 of which are ‘out of compliance,’ [meaning they] should be at a DOC ...

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 ...

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 ...

His mother filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court alleging that officers and medical staff at Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville ignored him at a time of peril. The suit seeks more than $ ...

A Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail inmate died by suicide in his cell earlier this week, according to the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office. David W. Jones Jr., 39, was found unresponsive Tuesday ...

There’s been a shake up at Bertie/Martin Regional Jail Commission. Last year, I received information regarding conditions at Bertie/Martin Regional Jail. According to the source, the conditions ...

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 ...

In an abrupt, unexpected move Bertie Martin Regional Jail Administrator Terrence Whitehurst resigned his position last week after serving in the role since September 2017. Whitehurst could not be ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The former supervisor of corrections officers at West Virginia’s Southern Regional Jail will be sentenced on Thursday. Chad Lester, 35, was a Lieutenant in the Southern ...

He is being held without bond at Rappahannock Regional Jail. The victim, 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr., a senior at Massaponax High School, died at a hospital after he was shot at about 3 a.m. ...

Bosworth was shot hours before his school's prom. Butler was being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. Anyone with potentially relevant information is asked to contact the sheriff ...