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 ...

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

New leadership is being placed at the top of the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security, with other staff changes being made at other state agencies and boards. In a press release Tuesday ...

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

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

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

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Extensive lockdowns at Red Onion State Prison are leaving imprisoned loved ones in the dark for ...

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 ...

Arkansas authorities have released a photo rendering of a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in ...