Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virginia Corrections Ombudsman Andrea Sapone (left) listens to Bending the Bars founder Nicole Deyo (right) during a meeting in ...

GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- The wife of slain River North corrections officer Jeremy Hall has filed a federal civil lawsuit against senior leadership at the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC).

INDEPENDENCE, Va. — A Virginia Department of Corrections officer is dead, and two others are hurt after a reported inmate attack inside a Virginia prison. Officials said this happened just before 8 ...

CATASTROPHIC. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL TODAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HONORED THE LIFE OF FALLEN CORRECTIONS OFFICER JEREMY HALL. HALL WAS KILLED IN AN INMATE ...

Three corrections officers stabbed in premeditated prison attack. Five MS-13 members among inmates involved, officials say. Two victims remain hospitalized as investigation continues. WISE COUNTY, Va.

A corrections officer died after being attacked by an inmate Monday morning, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. The attack happened around 7:53 a.m. at the River North Correctional ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) – Teacher Appreciation Week is a time to honor educators’ dedication to education and student development. The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is proudly honoring and ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A lawsuit filed this month in U.S. District Court alleges chronic understaffing in Virginia’s correctional institutions has led to at least two deaths, including at least one of an ...

GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — A grand jury in Grayson County has indicted the inmate accused of killing corrections officer Jeremy Lewis Hall at River North Correctional Center in Independence. “I want ...