Patrol canines have bitten incarcerated people in the head, stomach, arms and legs — and in two cases, attacked corrections officers.

A federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Virginia is asking a judge to place the Virginia Department of Corrections ...

Talib Muwahhid has a knack for woodworking, and over the years, he’s tinkered with a variety of different projects. “I was making things like little chess sets and storage boxes and stuff out of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) announced that, as of this month, the cost of video visitation has now reduced from 15 cents per minute to 12 cents per minute.

GREENSVILLE, Va. — The inmate killed in a "brutal attack" inside Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt early Tuesday morning was described by a family member as the father of a nine-year-old son.

Last month, two people were killed in state prisons – a corrections officer and an inmate. The union that represents COs says ...

As the state grapples with public concerns about conditions inside prisons and the complaint reporting process, prisoners’ grievances are on track to being heard and, when possible, investigated, ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections will close four prisons and take control of the state’s only privately operated prison this summer, officials said Friday.

Editor’s note: This story includes references to self-harm. Tomeka Wallace didn’t know her son was being transferred from Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison until she got a call in February from a ...