Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Prisons – Inmate’s excessive force claim survives prison officials’ motion to dismiss

Where an inmate alleged that two prison guards intentionally restrained him and punched him in the abdomen without reason, ...
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‘I believe now is the time’: Director of Virginia’s prisons on the way out as understaffing runs rampant

The top dog of the Virginia Department of Corrections’ last day is Friday, Jan. 16. While the department boasted Director ...
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Investigations validate one complaint at Greensville prison, none at Red Onion

Virginia’s Office of the State Inspector General looked into nine allegations from multiple people at two separate Virginia ...
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Virginia corrections officer killed after being attacked by an inmate

A corrections officer in Southwest Virginia was killed in an attack by an inmate on Monday morning, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. A news release from the corrections department ...