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“These actions are challenging but necessary as we work together to continue to perform our public safety mission while remaining good stewards of state tax dollars,” wrote Virginia Department of Corrections Director Chadwick Dotson.

Following an extensive search of the Greensville Correctional Center that produced suspected drugs inside the Greensville Correctional Center, VADOC announced a leadership overhaul for the facility.

Two weeks following the announcement that the correctional center will be in lockdown officials at Greensville Correctional Center say they have recovered drugs and weapons from inmates.

The Virginia Department of Corrections will receive more than $1.2 million to fund three projects in 2024 aimed at addressing substance use disorders.

Months after slipping out of a hospital, an escaped inmate is back in custody after being arrested at a hotel in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning.

An inmate who escaped custody at the Bon Secours St. Marys Hospital in Henrico County on Aug. 12 has been captured.

Naseem Roulack, 21, was brought into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service and Fairfax County Police Department, the corrections department said in a brief news release.

An inmate who escaped police custody while at a Virginia hospital has been apprehended, according to police. 

U.S. marshals and Fairfax County police caught an escaped inmate, who has been on the run more than 10 weeks, at a hotel in Springfield.

A Virginia inmate who escaped from a hospital in August has been apprehended, according to authorities. Naseem Roulack was taken back into custody at a Springfield hotel.