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This was a great year for student athletes at the University of Virginia – men's basketball and lacrosse players who headed home as national collegiate…
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Lawyers are back in federal district court over care at the state’s medical prison for women. They complain that underqualified nurses are diagnosing…
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According to federal statistics, two thirds of the women held in jail because they can’t afford bail, have young kids. Now one group in Richmond is…
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The American Civil Libties Union of Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections over solitary confinement at maximum security…
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Frustrated by the federal government’s failure to fix this country’s immigration system, some people are doing what they can at the local level. In…
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This year, Congress approved a series of reforms to the criminal justice system – changes that should reduce the number of people in federal prisons. In…
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Virginia’s Department of Corrections spends over a billion dollars a year to operate 41 prisons where it holds about 30,000 inmates. Another 7,000 are…
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Officials have designated this “Second Chance Month” for about 37,000 state prisoners. Those who committed their crimes before 1995 are eligible for…
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Since Virginia abolished parole in 1995 there’s been just one way for most inmates to win an early release from state prisons – asking for a pardon from…
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Black residents inRichmond are more likely to be stopped by police than white residents. That’s according to data the police department has handed over to…