The Department of Homeland Security has removed from its website a list of cities and counties deemed so-called sanctuary ...

RSW Regional Jail Authority will go into a second closed session on personnel issues related to inmate overdose death The agenda for the coming April 28th meeting of the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren ...

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 ...

An agreement signed Thursday between Riverside Regional Jail and the Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails will remain in effect for at least two years and aims to correct deficiencies in ...

Tara Wolfe attended the protest on behalf of her son, Shawn Boyd. She said she wants the jail to come out of lockdown status so inmates can have recreation time and more opportunities to talk with ...

Rappahnnock Regional Jail Superintendent Kevin Hudson said in October that DOC is accepting jail inmates with “a sentence of one year or more,” but that the transfer process is slow ...

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 ...

A Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail inmate died by suicide in his cell earlier this week, according to the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office. David W. Jones Jr., 39, was found unresponsive Tuesday ...

In an abrupt, unexpected move Bertie Martin Regional Jail Administrator Terrence Whitehurst resigned his position last week after serving in the role since September 2017. Whitehurst could not be ...

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.

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — A former Southern Regional Jail Corrections Officer was sentenced to several years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to his involvement in an assault that led to ...

Kumer, 41, was selected as the new superintendent of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail in April. He served as interim superintendent starting in January, after Col. Ronald Matthews ...