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A former Southern Regional Jail corrections officer was sentenced in connection with the death of an inmate. According to a ...
A former correctional officer at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver was sentenced to federal prison Monday for her role in ...
A former correctional officer at the Southern Regional Jail was sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison Monday for her role in the 2022 beating death of inmate Quantez Burks. Kimberly ...
Inmates died nearly nine times more often in custody at Hampton Roads Regional Jail than at other local or regional jails in Virginia during the past three years, according to an analysis of ...
A Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate died after being found unresponsive in his cell, according to the facility. On Friday morning, Martin Scott Ransone, 64, was found and medical and ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Peninsula Chamber is hosting the 2025 First Citizen Gala in Hampton. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 15, from 5-9:30 p.m. at the ...
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - An inmate was found dead in her cell at Western Virginia Regional Jail Friday, July 12 at 9:59 a.m. Holly Pugh was taken to the Western Virginia Regional Jail Tuesday ...
JAMES CITY — An inmate from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail is in the hospital following an assault, authorities said Tuesday. An incident between two inmates occurred about 7:45 p.m ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — An assault at Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail in Williamsburg is under criminal investigation. VPRJ Superintendent Colonel Roy Witham confirmed the assault in a ...
A federal jury has awarded $22,000 to a Hampton woman in a lawsuit against the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail after she asserted that jail guards didn’t give her toilet paper for several days ...
Graham was arrested and taken to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, where she was being held as of September 13. TODAY.com reached out to Graham's attorney, but did not hear back. Montgomery ...
A Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate died at a hospital Wednesday after he became ill, the facility reported. William Harbor, 48, died at 12:52 p.m. after he “experienced what is believed to ...