It’s been over a month since inmates at one of Virginia’s maximum security correctional centers – Wallens Ridge-- attacked ...

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — The Virginia Department of Corrections said they are investigating an incident at Wallens Ridge ...

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

More than $150,000 worth of drugs, $1,000 in cash, and a handgun were seized after a search warrant was carried out at Robins’ house. The Virginia Department of Corrections stated that there is ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Mugshot of Roniticus Lamar Wilson (Mugshot courtesy of Henry County Sheriff's Office 2025, All Rights Reserved.) Read full article: Sniffing out crime: Campbell ...