A Virginia man was sentenced to one day in jail and a fine of nearly $10,000 after officials say he admitted to killing over ...

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — The Virginia Department of Corrections said they are investigating an incident at Wallens Ridge ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned a Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of federal bribery charges and sentenced ...

It’s been over a month since inmates at one of Virginia’s maximum security correctional centers – Wallens Ridge-- attacked ...

The agency’s own statistics complicate the prison’s success story, and two criminal justice experts also point out shortfalls ...

Jail officials said inmate Austin Lee Randall and visitor Amy Michelle Carmine were caught in a conspiracy to deliver drugs ...

One of the birds caught in a trap Smith had set up struggled for over seven hours before he beat it to death with a pole, ...

Virginia leads the nation with the lowest recidivism rate, achieving a 17.6% rate for state-responsible inmates released in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections officers ...

The appointees of Gov. Ralph Northam who regulate Virginia jails voted Wednesday to allow the Hampton Roads Regional Jail to remain open even after a committee found in April that the facility ...