Richmond Sheriff Antoinette Irving speaks to a group of incarcerated people at the Richmond City Justice Center on May 6. A ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Some Richmond city leaders declared an "emergency situation" at the Richmond City Jail due to significant staffing shortages that are showing no signs of improvement. On Tuesday ...

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 ...

The state has put the Richmond City Jail on a two-year plan to improve conditions after four detainees died while in custody, according to documents obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

However, a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told 8News late Monday, “There was not an overdose here at the Richmond City Jail.” Despite multiple calls, emails and going to the jail in person ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — An inmate at the Richmond City Jail has died while in custody, the Richmond City Sheriff’s Office reported on Monday, Dec. 12. The Richmond Police Department and ...

This former Confederate capital’s announcement that Lumpkin’s Jail had been found was the latest acknowledgment of its painful slave history. Since Richmond’s City Council formed the Slave ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond Police Department is investigating after it said a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Richmond City Justice Center on Monday. According to ...

Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody's program to decrease medication expenses at the Richmond City Jail continues to post big results, according to numbers obtained by a Style Weekly Freedom of ...

RICHMOND, Va. — An inmate at the Richmond City Jail died on Monday, according to a notification from the Sheriff's Office.