After 31 years in Virginia state prisons, former Navy SEAL trainee Dusty Turner was paroled Thursday. “I’m fortunate to have ...

At least a half dozen senior officials with the Virginia Department of Corrections have been replaced under the department’s new director, Joseph Walters, according to an internal memo obtained ...

Virginia’s Department of Corrections says it’s in the process of modernizing prison communications -- giving high-tech tablets to 25-hundred inmates at four test sites. Officials have already branded ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Among the appointments are new acting wardens of River North Correctional Center, where an inmate attacked and killed a corrections officer last year.