House Bill 80 focuses on reporting compliance rather than redefining custody standards. Virginia law already requires correctional facilities and law enforcement agencies to submit reports when a ...

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A Virginia Department of Corrections employee picked to boost oversight of Virginia’s local and regional jails in the wake of high-profile deaths said Wednesday that his reviews of critical incidents ...

Virginia does not provide the same level of service to mentally ill people in jails that it does to those in the community, even though local and regional jails house almost three times more people ...