It’s summer, and that means trouble for some of the state’s oldest prisons. Some still lack air conditioning, and even those ...

NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A female corrections officer at the Nottoway Correction Center was stabbed during an incident that occurred on Thursday, May 8.

At Nottoway Correctional Center, the outlook was bleak. Two nurses at the all-male state prison staffed a day shift meant to be staffed by eight. Emergency medical requests from inmates were ...

This comes after the warden at Nottoway Correctional told visitors and inmates in a Sept. 20 letter that female visitors would be banned from wearing tampons into the prison.

NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An inmate of a Virginia Department of Corrections facility has been indicted after officials said he admitted to attacking a correctional officer.

NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The death of a Nottoway Correctional Center inmate is currently under investigation. The Virginia Department of Corrections said the agency is aware of the death ...

A Virginia inmate is facing two felony charges related to an attack on a correctional officer at Nottoway Correctional Center.

Randolph’s Restaurant, named after John Randolph, the sugarcane planter who commissioned the building of Nottoway in 1859, ...

Starting next month, any women who visit inmates in Virginia's prisons are banned from wearing tampons or menstrual cups. The state's Department of Corrections says its new rule is aimed at ...

A controversial, new Virginia Department of Corrections policy that proposed to prohibit visitors from wearing feminine hygiene products — including tampons — inside Virginia priso… ...

Virginia extended its contract to keep Lawrenceville Correctional Center under private management through at least July 2024, despite efforts by lawmakers and protests by advocacy groups.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - State officials say Virginia is marking a milestone relating to a federal law designed to reduce sexual assaults in prison. The Virginia Department of Corrections says several ...