A Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate died after being found unresponsive in his cell, according to the facility.

Medical and security staff at the jail responded to 64-year-old Martin Scott Ransone's cell after he was found responsive, and Roanoke County Fire EMS was contacted.

LaVigne’s recognition as Virginia’s top regional jail officer is a morale booster at Riverside Regional Jail, which in recent months has endured scathing criticism from Chesterfield County ...

An inmate was found dead in her cell at Western Virginia Regional Jail.

An investigation is underway after an inmate at the Western Virginia Regional Jail was found unresponsive in her cell, and pronounced dead soon after.

10 legislators in both parties say the next superintendent of Riverside Regional Jail should be a professional jail administrator.

JAMES CITY — An inmate from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail is in the hospital following an assault, authorities said Tuesday. An incident between two inmates occurred about 7:45 p.m ...

An assault at Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail in Williamsburg is under criminal investigation.

A Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate died at a hospital Wednesday after he became ill, the facility reported. William Harbor, 48, died at 12:52 p.m. after he “experienced what is believed to ...

FARMVILLE, Va. (WTVD) -- Federal inmates will no longer be housed in the Virginia jail that saw two inmates escape in April, the ABC11 I-Team has learned. Piedmont Regional Jail Authority Board ...

Days after two inmates escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia, the jail stands to lose nearly $3 million a year.

Jail photo shows William Samples, 45, who was found dead over the weekend at the South Central Regional Jail, where he was being held as an inmate. (West Virginia Division of Corrections and ...