A Staunton man is headed to prison for possessing child sexual abuse images and having a bestiality video involving a dog and a girl.

Chelsea Perkins, 35, admitted to shooting and killing Michael Dunmire at the Terra Vista Natural Study Area in Valley View. She's facing at least 20 years in prison.

At Nottoway Correctional Center, the outlook was bleak. Two nurses at the all-male state prison staffed a day shift meant to be staffed by eight. Emergency medical requests from inmates were ...

Prosecutors say Alex Allen Edwards Jr. of Virginia Beach and his friend, 17-year-old Ariyon Allen, planned to rob Logan Fuehrer during a meeting to buy marijuana in January 2024.

The Lorton Reformatory prison complex, originally commissioned by Theodore Roosevelt, was built in 1910 and shuttered in 2001. In 2002, Fairfax County bought the 2,324-acre campus for $4.2 million.

President Trump on Monday said he's pardoning a Virginia sheriff convicted and sentenced to 10 years for a bribes-for-badges scheme.

A female corrections officer at the Nottoway Correction Center was stabbed during an incident that occurred on Thursday, May 8. According to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), she was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

A few dozen people gathered at the state capitol in Richmond on Saturday to protest alleged abuses at Wallens Ridge and Red Onion state prisons.