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If the state of Virginia were a country, critics say we‘d be locking up more people per capita than any other nation. The Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit that does research and advocates for criminal justice reform, reports the Commonwealth is one of 24 states that also exceeds the national average.
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Virginia’s Department of Corrections is the state’s largest agency with over 10,000 employees and a budget that exceeds a billion dollars a year. Now, its director is asking for another $70 million to raise pay for prison guards and improve the safety of correctional centers.
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Nearly 7,800 inmates in state prisons have come down with COVID-19. Fifty of them and two staff members have died, and advocates are demanding the…
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More than 700 inmates in state prisons have now tested positive for COVID-19, and five have died. Meanwhile, the ACLU of Virginia is investigating the…
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Virginia prisons release about a thousand people each month, and with the arrival of COVID-19 the state is hoping to free even more, but some who have won…
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The number of COVID cases in Virginia prisons has been rising steadily, with 200 inmates and guards now infected and a 49-year-old prisoner dead. Public…
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At least 300 people in Virginia have died from complications related to COVID-19, according to data updated Monday morning by the Virginia Department of…
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Three inmates at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women have tested positive for the novel coronavirus along with a contractor at the prison in…
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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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In Virginia, about 4,000 inmates are vets. Providing medical care for them is expensive, but the state refuses to take prisoners to VA hospitals where…