VA: Criminal Justice
Report: VA, US Crime Rates See Post-Pandemic Decline
A recent report finds crime across cities in Virginia and the nation is in sharp decline. The Council for Criminal Justice report tracked crime data …
VA Group Working to Aid Domestic Violence Victims, Survivors
A Virginia group is working to ensure abusers can't use the courts to keep harming their victims. Commonly called "abusive litigation," these come …
Report: Making Longer Prison Sentences 'More Effective'
A new report outlines ways that states like Virginia could rethink long prison sentences and how to use them more sparingly. The Council on …
New Report Reviews VA Parole Board Duties, Issues
The Virginia Parole Board has issued a report that outlines its past problems and the steps it could take to rebuild public trust. The work began in 2…
Death Penalty Opponents Seek End to Federal Executions
Virginia is the only Southern state to have abolished the death penalty, and there's a new push in the new year to end it nationally as well…
Virginia Bill Proposes Public Health Approach to Juvenile Justice
The Virginia General Assembly has given bipartisan approval to a measure one advocate believes could lead to significant changes to the Commonwealth's…
Virginia Bill Would Expand Police Use of Facial-Recognition Technology
Virginia lawmakers are pursuing a bill which would allow police to use facial-recognition technology in certain cases, a year after the General …
Bill Would Reduce Solitary Confinement in Virginia Prisons
Solitary confinement has been widely condemned by human-rights activists, and a new bill making its way through the Virginia General Assembly would …
Report: Invest COVID Funds to Close School-to-Prison Pipeline
ARLINGTON, Va. -- As a Northern Virginia school system transitions away from using police officers in schools, a new report suggests COVID stimulus …
New Virginia Research Center to Connect Police, People of Color
PETERSBURG, Va. - As Virginia law enforcement agencies adjust to a number of new policing laws this year, a new state think tank represents the first …
Juneteenth Declared National Holiday, Amidst Progress, Upheaval
RICHMOND, Va. -- Juneteenth National Independence Day is now an official holiday, after President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday, approved by both …
Documentary Highlights Hope in Healing Nation’s Divides
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- With former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial demonstrating deep divisions in the nation, a new documentary released …