A Virginia appeals court upheld the firing of a prison guard for assaulting an inmate. The former guard, Mario Ritchie, claimed self-defense, but body-camera footage showed excessive force. The video ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: June 23, 2026 | Last updated: June 23, 2026 Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday announced that she is forming a Corrections advisory council. Did Trump's ...

RICHMOND, Va. —The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, and Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano, challenging ...

Virginia’s top investigatory body is turning its attention to Red Onion State Prison after alarming reports of self-harm and poor conditions at the supermax facility in Wise County. Andrea Sapone, the ...

Blackstone's QTS terminates Digital Gateway data center project in Virginia Blackstone's QTS said on Thursday it had terminated its planned Digital Gateway data center project in Virginia and ...

Governor Abigail Spanberger along with other state leaders, announced major reform for the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) at an event Tuesday. This comes after more than a year of News 5's ...

A civil rights lawsuit over a 2013 prison fracas is alleging systemic misconduct by the Virginia Department of Corrections whose director, Harold W. Clarke, is at the focus of a hearing set for this ...

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