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Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have proposed to increase the amount of time inmates can earn for good behavior. Thursday night a group of…
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Governor Northam has suspended a policy that allowed strip searches of minors visiting state prisons after a disturbing incident at the Buckingham…
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People who want criminal justice reform have reason to celebrate, after five candidates for Commonwealth’s Attorney won election Tuesday. A jubilant crowd…
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Marijuana is still illegal in Virginia, but some prosecutors across the Commonwealth are now taking new approaches.A diversion program in Alexandria that…
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Marijuana possession is still against the law in Virginia. But one Northern Virginia prosecutor is taking action to sidestep prosecution for low-level…
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Frustrated by conservative lawmakers who block efforts to reform the criminal justice system, some communities are trying a different approach to ending…
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It’s been a rough summer for residents of the state’s 18 prisons that lack air conditioning. Inmates say temperatures inside often exceed 100 degrees, and…
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In the last three months, three women under the age of 40 have died at the Fluvanna Correctional Center. Lawyers representing the inmates want a federal…
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Earlier this year, lawyers went to court on behalf of a 39-year-old woman at the Fluvanna Correctional Center. They told a federal judge that she had been…
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Virginia’s parole board won’t say how many people have filed petitions for a pardon, but it appears the state is overwhelmed, with some individuals…