Virginia puts independent prison oversight office into law
After failing for years, Virginia lawmakers and advocates pushing for more transparency in the state's prison system got a bill signed into law creating an independent oversight office.
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After failing for years, Virginia lawmakers and advocates pushing for more transparency in the state's prison system got a bill signed into law creating an independent oversight office.
VADOC Officials said a department K-9 was killed by inmates affiliated with the MS-13 gang as the dog defended a corrections officer at Sussex I State Prison on Tuesday.
VADOC Officials said a department K-9 was killed by inmates affiliated with the MS-13 gang as the dog defended a corrections officer at Sussex I State Prison on Tuesday.
VADOC Officials said a department K-9 was killed by inmates affiliated with the MS-13 gang as the dog defended a corrections officer at Sussex I State Prison on Tuesday.
Three former and current female employees of the Virginia Department of Corrections are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the agency, saying its policies on body scanners discriminate against women.