A new report from the Virginia Department of Corrections says the rate of people are being re-incarcerated in the Commonwealth is lower than it's been for 20 years.

Virginia leads the nation with the lowest recidivism rate, achieving a 17.6% rate for state-responsible inmates released in ...

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. (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 ...

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 ...

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.

Three Virginia corrections officers were hospitalized Friday after an alleged coordinated attack by inmates affiliated with the violent MS-13 gang and another known gang, state Department of ...

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 only privately-operated state prison has now changed hands and is in the control of the Virginia Department of Corrections. Lawrenceville Correctional Center opened in 1998. The current ...

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.