‘Idleness and boredom’: The cost of understaffing Virginia’s only youth correctional facility

‘Idleness and boredom’:
The cost of understaffing Virginia’s only
state-run youth correctional facility

This VPM News investigative series examines how years of understaffing in the commonwealth’s only juvenile correctional facility
created dangerous conditions, strained staff and left youth vulnerable.

Written and produced by Keyris Manzanares

Series photography by Shaban Athuman

Edited by Dave Cantor