RICHMOND, Va. -- A Richmond City Jail inmate who died this week has become at least the fifth inmate death since March 2022. A spokesperson for Richmond Sheriff Antionette Irving's office said the ...

In the course of its review of recent jail deaths, the Board of Local and Regional Jails (BOLRJ) found that the Richmond City Jail consistently failed to adhere to the state standards that govern ...

Documents obtained by 8News reveal the jail failed to adhere to state code ... During a public safety meeting after the findings were released, Richmond City Councilwoman Reva Trammell, who ...

City officials held a media tour Wednesday of Richmond’s new jail, although the $134 million facility appears well short of opening and the mayor and sheriff would not give a date when that ...

Audit records reviewed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch reveal the troubled Richmond Jail — which has weathered a string of assaults, inmate deaths, and concerns about illicit contraband ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A man was arrested for allegedly setting fires near the Richmond city jail on Sunday. On May 4, officers with Richmond Police and Richmond Fire responded to reports of a ...

After seven years, a lauded yoga program for Richmond City Jail inmates has been canceled abruptly. The reason, according to the jail, is that instructor Robbie Norris breached the rules for ...

Archaeologists excavated the jail had to cope with groundwater that filled trenches as fast as they were dug. C. David M Doody / Courtesy Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission ...

follows a group of men in Richmond City Jail as they record an album that chronicles their efforts to break free from a cycle of addiction and incarceration. Launching April 17, the music-infused ...

C. David M Doody / Courtesy Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission Archaeologists knew that Robert Lumpkin's slave jail stood in one of the lowest parts of Richmond, Virginia—a sunken spot ...