In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder ...

Thirteen sheriff’s offices throughout Virginia have signed agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ...

The agreements allow for local law enforcement to do some of the work typically reserved for employees with Immigration and ...

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

Charlottesville native Jesse Crosson, the founder of the Second Chancer Foundation, believes there is more to the story.

The latest recidivism report from the Virginia Department of Corrections shows a 17.6 percent three-year reincarceration rate for state-responsible inmates released in fiscal year 2020, ...

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

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

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

Currently, DJJ falls under the purview of the public safety secretary, but advocates have argued that transferring DJJ to the ...

A Wisconsin inmate accused of killing his cellmate for being Black and gay has been convicted. WLUK-TV reports that a jury ...