An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said most of the assailants were MS-13 gang members who entered the US illegally.

Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 inmates on federal death row, the White House said Monday. The move reduces the sentence for all but three of the 40 inmates on federal death row.

Chadwick Dotson, director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, denied that Red Onion State Prison inmates who had burned themselves had done so to protest conditions there. Richmond Times ...

There was a massive amounts of COVID-19 unemployment fraud across the country and cases continue to be worked out in the courthouse in Hampton Roads.

The start of July brought with it several new laws to Virginia including the Enhanced Earned Sentence Credit Program.

Leading Virginia Democrats say recently uncovered hypothermia hospitalizations among inmates at a Virginia prison deserve further scrutiny.

Leading Virginia Democrats say recently uncovered hypothermia hospitalizations among inmates at a Virginia prison deserve further scrutiny Earl Neikirk / Associated Press ...

Democratic state lawmakers have pledged to press Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration for answers after a recent report uncovered hypothermia hospitalizations at a state prison.

A raft of hypothermia hospitalizations and other questionable conditions at a Virginia prison uncovered in a recent report deserve further scrutiny, leading Democratic state lawmakers said this week.