The Oklahoma Department of Corrections plans to have the outside food vendor assume food service operations by late summer.

Inmates were evacuated from a housing unit at State Farm Correctional Center following a report of a “loud bang” from the ...

At least three prisons have a 50% vacancy rate, with some so short-staffed that they have been incapable of complying with policies on safety, medical treatment and solitary confinement.

We’re legislating basic human needs here,” said Del. Holly Seibold, D-Fairfax, exhaling deeply as she waved a stack of ...

A former nurse who worked at Southern Regional Jail alleged she witnessed a correctional officer striking a handcuffed inmate ...

An inmate who claims Virginia prison guards drove him to a medical appointment in a dog cage is asking the Fourth Circuit to ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An inmate at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center has been charged with committing credit card fraud ...

Fresh food was easy to come by when Teri Castle began serving time in the West Virginia Department of Corrections.

An inmate at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center is facing additional charges after deputies said he committed fraud ...

An interstate agreement on detainers refers to correspondence between prison systems to relocate an incarcerated inmate from one state to another. Carver's release also thanked Virginia State ...

(WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Corrections’ director released a statement Wednesday following the incident with the six inmates intentionally burned themselves at Red Onion State Prison.