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State law requires the Department of Corrections to let victims know when someone convicted of harming them is getting out. About 86-hundred people have signed up for that service, and the state is rolling out a new, hi-tech system for reaching out.
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Court is now in session. But this is a court unlike the ones you're probably familiar with. The defendants are all children accused of minor offenses, and the idea is that these kids will receive justice without becoming part of the system.
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The latest Census numbers are revealing how incarceration is changing in Virginia.
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Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation Wednesday ending the death penalty in Virginia.That makes the Commonwealth the first southern state to end…
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The coronavirus pandemic has shone new light on social problems in this country – income inequality, racism, homelessness and poor access to medical care.…
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Public health experts say prisons are especially vulnerable during an epidemic with inmates living in close quarters – many of them elderly or suffering…
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Democrats are cheering many of the reforms approved by the legislature this year, but as the clock ticks down on the current session some are bitterly…
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In most states prisoners with a terminal illness can be freed early, but Virginia only considers inmates with less than three months to live. Now, the…
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When men and women come out of prison or jail in Virginia, they’re usually saddled with a criminal record, but that’s not all. Many have debt – court…
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Charlottesville and Albemarle have confirmed what critics have been saying for years. African-American men are treated differently in the local courts and…