VADOC Director Chad Dotson announced Thursday that recent data shows there is a 17.6% three-year reincarceration rate for ...

Three Virginia corrections officers were injured in the coordinated attack by MS-13 gang member inmates, according to officials.

Virginia now has the lowest recidivism rate in the country, and state officials say it’s partly due to a policy that connects ...

Six Virginia Department of Corrections K9s will be receiving bullet and stab protective vests donated by Vested Interest in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter to the head of the state’s corrections department demanding that the agency apply a recent court decision ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Virginia Department of Corrections says it’s closing four facilities, including three state prisons, in July to address safety concerns and staffing challenges.

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is mourning the line-of-duty death of Rivan, a K-9 killed while heroically protecting its assigned Corrections Officer ...

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed a new director of the Virginia Department of Corrections. Governor Youngkin has tapped Chadwick Dotson, a retired judge who most recently served as ...

The records revealed details about the last seconds of prisoners' lives and indicated the Virginia Department of Corrections may have tried to cover up one of the state's recent botched executions.

The Virginia Department of Corrections on Thursday announced that it had resumed control of Lawrenceville Correctional Center. For years, Lawrenceville had been the only for-profit prison in the ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections will start a phased-in reopening of its facilities to visitors next week while continuing to follow CDC guidelines for prisons and other congregate settings.