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Virginians are in strong favor of changes to the juvenile justice system, that’s according to a new poll from Virginia Commonwealth University.84% of…
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A new report from the Center for Public Integrity shows Virginia sending more students to court, per capita, than any other state – often because school…
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There are about 30,000 Virginians in state prisons, and Virginia spends more than $25,000 a year to house each of them, making the Department of…
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The state of Virginia spends an average of $5,300 a year per inmate for medical care in prisons, and that cost has been rising 5-7 percent per year, but…
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Fifty years ago, this country began closing mental hospitals where people with psychiatric disorders were often warehoused. The idea was to send patients…
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The United States has more people in prisons and jails than any other country in the world -- 2.2 million inmates -- a 500% increase over the past thirty…
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By the end of this year, California must release 9,600 prisoners from the nation’s largest correctional system, because the Supreme Court says…
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Brian Banks is a former NFL linebacker whose career was derailed by a wrongful conviction for rape. After he spent five years in prison, the woman who…
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A federal judge has denied a request by former Governor Bob McDonnell’s defense attorneys to limit the prosecution’s involvement in a separate, CIVIL case…
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Virginia Police Departments Test E-Traffic TicketsThe latest law enforcement tool isn’t a gun or bullet-proof vest but an on-board electronic scanner. Three Virginia police departments are beta testing…