The Virginia Department of Corrections said they are investigating an incident at Wallens Ridge State Prison.VADOC said that ...

A study by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to consider a change in oversight of the Virginia ...

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

A new report shows that Virginia now leads the nation in the lowest recidivism rate, meaning fewer people return to prison after release.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Not really, according to data tracked by the Virginia Department of Corrections. The records show the rate of positive drug tests ticked up while the number of drug seizures and overdoses dipped ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections is relocating all incarcerated women to a centralized area for what it calls a “gender responsivity plan.” The plan calls for all women in state prisons ...