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

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 ...

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.