The candidates offer competing visions of jail programming and community outreach.
Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center
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Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsThe standards — ordered by the governor — are more than seven months overdue. -
Courtesy/VADOCThe prison is facing claims of deteriorating conditions, including prolonged lockdowns.
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Tim Wright/WrightOne MediaTwo teachers were injured a day after the state’s top inspector announced an audit.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsTake a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsExperts say solving the staffing crisis is just the start.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsTake a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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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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Isimemen Etute’s attorney’s moved to lessen their clients charges to manslaughter, claiming that there was no evidence to show he acted with malice. -
The attorneys for Isimemen Etute asked Judge Mike Fleenor to disregard a Virginia law that bars the use of a person’s perceived gender or sexual orientation as a criminal defense.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin restored civil rights to nearly 3,500 people since he took office in January, his office announced on Friday. The move will allow the people to vote, serve on a jury or run for public office.
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State officials say more than 4,500 people housed in Virginia prisons are scheduled to be released early this summer.
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Terrence Richardson is one of two Black men sentenced to life in prison for the murder - despite a federal jury finding them not guilty of the crime.
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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.
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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.
