The head of Virginia’s prison system says the agency is in good shape, with good news in the form of a drop in overdoses in state facilities. Director Chadwick Dotson shared the news in a recent ...

Investigation links Christy Kinahan's literary pseudonym to ... he developed while writing fiction behind bars at Portlaoise Prison. Details of the companies under the name Cian Sharkhin, and ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections is one of five prison systems selected to participate in an initiative aimed at safely reducing the use of inmate solitary confinement, also known as ...

That’s exactly what was done to an old prison in Lorton, Virginia. I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic. Here are 5 of the easiest ways you ...

Kinney said video recordings inside prisons are subject to discretionary release under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act but generally are not released by the department for security and ...

RICHMOND — For years, prison officials in Virginia have focused on visitors as they sought to crack down on the flow of drugs and contraband to incarcerated people. They strip-searched children ...

A Lynn man was sentenced to prison on Thursday for his role in a massive drug ring on the North Shore that made the illicit drugs look like heart-shaped candy. Prosecutors called the 2023 bust ...

A former prison lieutenant has been sentenced in the January 2021 death of Wade Walters at FCI Petersburg Medium in Virginia, court records show. Toni Cinadr UPDATE: This article was updated the ...

A former prison lieutenant has been sentenced in the January 2021 death of Wade Walters at FCI Petersburg Medium in Virginia, court records show. Larry Farr via Unsplash A former prison lieutenant ...

An 18-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a man during a drug deal. Prosecutors say Alex Allen Edwards Jr. of Virginia Beach and his friend ...