Augusta Correctional News Today

As someone who has been incarcerated for over 40 years, I was dismayed to learn that in the first two weeks Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s first parole board was in place

Police said a 7-year-old girl was killed in a dog attack Saturday in Waynesboro, according to a press release.

CRAIGSVILLE — Nick Robinson was still a juvenile when he entered prison for the first time in 2010. Dropping his bags, the 17-year-old scanned the new surroundings of the dimly lighted cell block that stretched three tiers high and held 200 boisterous inmates. "I looked around, and at that moment I just didnt know what to do," recalled Robinson, now 27. "It was fight-or-flight instincts, and my instincts told me to get a weapon." He didnt get a weapon, but as he stood inside the Powhatan C...

Joyce Flores says she tried to convince the Virginia Department of Corrections officers for hours that the article inside her vagina was a tampon and not contraband.

According to Flores lawsuit, "at no point did [Flores] bring, or attempt to bring, contraband into Augusta Correctional Center". It alleges that her employment was terminated "because she was a menstruating female utilizing a feminine hygiene product when she arrived to work". The matter, which occurred in December 2019, is now before the courts. The Department of Corrections has asked a judge to dismiss the claim, arguing Flores did not sufficiently demonstrate that gender was a motivating fac...

Wednesday, January 6, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) reported five offenders have died due to the coronavirus at the Augusta Correctional Center.

VDOC: 332 positive COVID-19 cases in offenders, 56 in staff at Augusta Correctional Center Augusta Correctional Center (FILE) (Source: WHSV) By WHSV Newsroom | December 14, 2020 at 3:54 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 5:19 PM CRAIGSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) (UPDATE 5:03 p.m.) — As of 5 p.m. on Monday, the Virginia Department of Corrections’ website reports 332 inmates and 56 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at Augusta Correctional Center. Of the 332 offenders that have t...