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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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Should you be able to move all your cat videos from Facebook to a competing social media platform?What happens when you decide that you want to ditch…
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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…
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Virginia does a thorough job of inspecting local and regional jails and investigating deaths inside those facilities.But a state review finds better…
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Nearly 10 years ago, two Virginia Tech students were brutally murdered in Montgomery County. Authorities are now renewing their efforts and turning to the…
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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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People locked up in at least 17 prisons around the country are in the midst of a three-week strike – organizing sit-ins, refusing to work or eat. Virginia…
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Virginia has about thirty thousand people in its prisons, and for each one it spends $2.10 a day on food. Now, one inmate is suing, alleging the daily…
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There are now more than 30,000 people in Virginia prisons, costing taxpayers more than a billion dollars a year. A growing number are senior citizens with…
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Are social media posts public records? That was the question in a recent legal case that could have far reaching consequences for public records in…