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Bret Cook, a prisoner at Lawrenceville Correctional Center, was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of another inmate.

Bret Cook, who was charged with killing former Suffolk business man and convicted child predator Mark Grethen, was sentenced to life in prison this week.

One of the most volatile topics in public safety relates to solitary confinement in Virginia prisons. Prisoner rights advocates have been pushing for years to end a practice which Virginia prison administrators say, technically, does not exist in our state. What they describe instead as “restorative housing” is the subject of a new report... Mandated this year by the general assembly and published on December first. The Virginia Coalition on Solitary Confinement was also assigned as a part...

Yes, she's stupid, but her supporters are even worse.

A Virginia businessman serving a 26-year sentence for sex crimes involving children was allegedly killed by another inmate in a Lawrenceville prison.