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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
Shaban Athuman
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Shaban Athuman
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VPM News
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsTake a look at this week's top VPM News stories. -
Jaclyn Diaz/NPR/NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsIssues playing out at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center are part of a national trend.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsTake a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Tim Wright/WrightOne MediaTwo panels met this week to discuss fires, room restrictions and education issues at the state-run facility in Chesterfield County.
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Tim Wright/WrightOne MediaThis VPM News investigative series examines how years of understaffing created dangerous conditions, strained staff and left youth vulnerable.
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Courtesy/VADOCThe men allege that the document includes false claims about the prison’s mental health care.
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Keyris Manzanares/VPM NewsChesterfield fire responded to 45 calls from the youth facility during a 12-month period.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsResearchers warn of potential biases in AI algorithms.
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Eze Amos/for VPM NewsState lawmakers would need to waive the Medicaid “inmate exclusion.”
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The mayor’s plan comes months after the Richmond City Council Task Force to Establish Civilian Oversight presented their own proposal laying out their vision for the board, which would investigate police misconduct, to City Council. -
Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson would be not only the first Black woman to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court, but also the first to have experience defending clients who can’t afford a lawyer in criminal cases.
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Despite freezing temperatures and light snowfall Saturday, protesters gathered outside a Family Dollar store in Richmond to protest the corporation’s role in the arrest and assault of Alecia Nelson.
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Human rights activists are actively campaigning in Virginia to outlaw the practice of solitary confinement in the state. But Virginia’s Department of Corrections flatly denies the use of solitary confinement in its prisons.
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Dr. Sarah Scarbrough started REAL LIFE to help people who are facing barriers after being incarcerated. REAL LIFE is a program that helps people recover from everyday addictive lifestyles that can lead back to incarceration.
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Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center located in Chesterfield is Virginia's last youth prison. A recent report recommends that the center is shutdown and smaller treatment facilities are created around the state.
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Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center in Chesterfield County is the last maximum security youth prison Virginia.
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A state agency has narrowed a list of potential sites for a new central Virginia youth prison to five, but some of the properties have already met pushback from local officials.
