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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He was released from the Tidewater Regional Jail at 1 a.m. Wednesday after posting $1,500 bond. On Tuesday, officers spoke with a boy, who is a family member, in response to a complaint from Child ...