CNS – Prisons are divided into “zones” to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Inmates…
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Va. lawmakers focus on racial equity in marijuana legalization debate
By Ned Oliver (VM) – Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, said it wasn’t just a pungent…
AG participates in “Legalize It: The Path To Cannabis Equity”
Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring this week participated in “Legalize It: The Path to…
Judge rules cash bond unconstitutional
By Ned Oliver (VM) – A circuit court judge in Fairfax appears to be the…
Prisoners could be released early under new program
By Ned Oliver (VM) – State prison officials estimate that more than 14,000 inmates in…
‘Threat to health care and civil rights’ Barrett confirmed
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA) – Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative judge with a stated…
COVID outbreak widens at Baskerville prison
By Susan Kyte (SoVaNow) – A renewed virus outbreak at Baskerville Correctional Center has driven…
VADOC, VDH, CDC work to manage COVID-19 outbreak at Deerfield
Weekly testing of infirmary and assisted living staff began in response to a recently added VDH testing requirement for nursing homes.
Collapsing inmates, cold hot dogs and one nurse: quarantine in a Virginia prison
By Ned Oliver (VM) -It was early July and Virginia prison officials thought they had…
VADOC expands medication assisted treatment program
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is expanding its drug reentry treatment program “in order…
