Last month, two people were killed in state prisons – a correctional officer and an inmate. The union that represents C-Os ...

Federal U.S. prosecutors in two states are scrambling to keep a 58-year-old Canadian businessman locked up until his trial, ...

A teen who shot and killed a man in an effort to steal drugs is heading to prison. The 16-year-old, whose name is not being released because of his age, was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison, ...

Terrance Bradley, 27, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl ...

The Department of Juvenile Justice directly oversees the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center near Richmond, the only ...

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

A new extensive report from Virginia's watchdog agency resulted in lacking evidence that residents at Bon Air Juvenile Correction Center have been receiving adequate care.

We set out to determine how many people in local jails across Virginia are being held in conditions similar to solitary ...

The state audit digging into the heavily-scrutinized Chesterfield County juvenile detention center was released on Friday, with its more than 100 pages outlining several systemic issues the ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is no longer a lawyer after the Illinois Supreme Court officially disbarred him this week The disbarment stems from Madigan’s conviction in February on 10 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia State Police (VSP) provided an escort Thursday, November 20, for the remains of Department of Corrections (VADOC) Officer Jeremy Lewis Hall, who was killed in the line ...

The union that represents correctional officers is blaming the recent death of a colleague on what they say are chronic short-staffing issues at the Virginia Department of Corrections.