According to the Virginia ACLU, 41 of Virginia’s 59 jails spent no money at all on inmate programs in fiscal year 2020, which began July 1, 2019 and ended June 30, 2020. The Rappahannock ...

A state jail review committee has recommended that Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County be decertified and closed after an investigation found that jail staff may have directly or ...

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 ...

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 ...

The homeowner was arrested and is currently at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. An 18-year-old boy was allegedly shot dead by a homeowner after he mistook a TikTok-style doorbell prank for burglary ...

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 ...

He is being held without bond at Rappahannock Regional Jail. The victim, 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr., a senior at Massaponax High School, died at a hospital after he was shot at about 3 a.m. ...

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 ...

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 ...

He is being held in Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond. Charges have not yet been filed. Bosworth was a Massaponax High School senior who played lacrosse and football and was also on the ...

Bosworth was shot hours before his school's prom. Butler was being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. Anyone with potentially relevant information is asked to contact the sheriff ...