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 ...

James H. Davis, the superintendent of Piedmont Regional Jail, and a spokesman for Glen Allen-based Mediko Inc., the medical provider, declined to comment on the lawsuit. Sisson, 34, of Culpeper ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Authorities say Jerry Wayne Bright Jr., 37, died Saturday inside the Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange after being incarcerated on Dec. 13 on charges of robbing a residence in Orange on Dec ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A former lieutenant within West Virginia’s regional jail system has been sentenced to prison for his role in the deadly beating of an inmate, federal prosecutors said.

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 ...