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Although no one interfered with an Office of the State Inspector General investigation of the Virginia Parole Board, its lead investigator on a…
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The Northam administration defended its position in the developing parole board controversy during a news conference Tuesday, saying there was a political…
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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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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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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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In 1995, Virginia abolished parole -- a change that led to crowding of state prisons and longer stays behind bars. Now, small cracks have developed in the…
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It’s been more than 20 years since Virginia abolished parole, and over that time the prison population has grown to more than 30,000 people. Just over 10%…