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 ...

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VADOC Director Chad Dotson announced Thursday that recent data shows there is a 17.6% three-year reincarceration rate for inmates in state custody.

RICHMOND — The head of Virginia’s prison system, Harold Clarke, told lawmakers Wednesday that his department is short 1,500 correctional officers, leaving essential posts unmanned and forcing ...

And Lawrenceville Correctional Center, which was taken back from a private prison contractor in 2024, has a 66% vacancy rate. The report was conducted for the Virginia Department of Corrections by ...

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A federal judge in Charlottesville ruled Wednesday that the Virginia Department of Corrections failed to live up to eight of 22 standards of health care established in a 2016 settlement agreement ...

A female corrections officer at the Nottoway Correction Center was stabbed during an incident that occurred on Thursday, May 8.

Three guards were stabbed and taken for medical treatment along with two others hurt Friday at Wallens Ridge State Prison in western Virginia, the state Department of Corrections said. The agency ...