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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Shaban Athuman
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VPM News
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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. -
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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Photo by Laura Philion/The Nansemond says the state is refusing $1.7M in Medicaid claims.
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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 NewsTake a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that brings you the top business stories during NPR's Morning Edition on Fridays.
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We fact-checked Carter’s eye-popping claim that the U.S. imprisons more people than any nation in history and found that he’s wrong. Let’s take a look. -
Two years ago, Richmond Police shot and killed a 24-year old Black man named Marcus-David Peters who was experiencing a mental health crisis. Today, Virginia’s governor signed a bill into law that he says will help prevent incidents like this moving forward. Peters’ family isn’t so sure.
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A lawsuit to force Democratic legislative leaders to open member offices to the public during the General Assembly session will now be heard in federal court.
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It’s unclear when prisoners in Virginia will receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The governor’s three-phase distribution plan does not specifically mention people who are incarcerated in prisons and jails. Correctional facilities have been hit hard by the pandemic.
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The near future of in-person schooling is uncertain due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Virginia students will return to a system where several penalties for misbehavior have been taken off the table.
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People incarcerated at the Richmond City Jail say they were indiscriminately tear gassed this summer by corrections officers for demanding answers about the jail’s COVID-19 outbreak. Now attorneys say they plan to file a federal class-action lawsuit against the jail.
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Workers are suing two Virginia-based construction companies over allegations of illegal employment practices. An attorney for the workers says their paychecks have been shortchanged by thousands of dollars.
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After Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced last week that he will push the state to legalize recreational marijuana, one representative is proposing any new revenue be used for reparations to Black and brown communities.
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A Northern Virginia judge blocked a massive indoor gun show from operating at full capacity this weekend. Organizers have now canceled the event.
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A Fairfax judge ruled earlier this month that cash bail is unconstitutional. But the opinion doesn’t mean defendants who can’t afford to get out of jail can now go free.
