The agency’s own statistics complicate the prison’s success story, and two criminal justice experts also point out shortfalls ...

When inmates are released from state prisons, officials keep track to see how many of them come back during a three-year ...

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

A new report shows Virginia has the lowest recidivism rate in the country. Recidivism is the likelihood of a convicted individual to reoffend.

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 ...

Six Virginia Department of Corrections K9s will be receiving bullet and stab protective vests donated by Vested Interest in ...

A Staunton man is headed to prison for possessing child sexual abuse images and having a bestiality video involving a dog and ...

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 Virginia Department of Corrections confirmed Wednesday. Lawmakers in Virginia’s Legislative Black Caucus say a dozen prisoners have harmed themselves since mid-September and want an investig ...

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 ...