Prisons in Virginia and other states have been facing staffing issues for years. Toward the end of 2025, the Virginia Department of Corrections had an 18.6% job vacancy rate overall, but ...

Virginia Republicans are urging Gov. Abigail Spanberger to reverse her decision to end Virginia’s cooperation agreements with ICE.

Last year, 31 visitors were caught bringing drugs into prisons, and drugs were found in the mail 12 times. Other states have tried similar methods to stop smuggling. The American Civil Liberties Union ...

The investigation continues into a $1.1 million drug trafficking operation at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland County. Three additional people have been charged by a grand jury ...

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Va. — A Halifax woman faces felony charges after authorities say she attempted to smuggle drugs into a Virginia state correctional facility during visiting hours. Paula Saunders ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is suspending a newly introduced policy that would have barred women who visit inmates at state prisons from wearing tampons or menstrual cup. Secretary of Public and ...

House Bill 80 focuses on reporting compliance rather than redefining custody standards. Virginia law already requires correctional facilities and law enforcement agencies to submit reports when a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been about three months since Andy Patrick Williams has been outside, said his wife Jamie. They got married over the phone ...

It’s been about three months since Andy Patrick Williams has been outside, said his wife Jamie. They got married over the phone after Williams — serving two life sentences for a Norfolk shooting and ...