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    The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a federal class-action lawsuit in 2019 against the Corrections Department, known as VADOC, to stop putting prisoners in solitary confinement ...

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    The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public ...

  4. Augusta Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The Augusta Correctional Center was a state prison for men located near Craigsville in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections, [1] the facility opened in 1986 and had a working capacity of 1,222 prisoners held at a level 3 security level. Inmates must have no disruptive behavior for ...

  5. Virginia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    By an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1944, the VADOC was officially formed out of the former Virginia Department of Welfare and Institutions, the Virginia Parole Board, and the Virginia Department of Probation and Parole Services. Today, the VADOC oversees all operations of the Commonwealth's corrections facilities.

  6. Greensville Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Greensville Correctional Center is a prison facility located in unincorporated Greensville County, Virginia, [3] near Jarratt.The prison, on a 1,105-acre (447 ha) plot of land, is operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. [4]

  7. River North Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The River North Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Independence, Grayson County, Virginia, owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 2013 and has a working capacity of 1024 prisoners held at a medium security level.

  8. Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women - Wikipedia

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    Future site in Fluvanna County, just to the south of U.S. Route 250 in 1994, four years before the prison was opened.. Fluvanna County became a candidate for a new women's prison after the Board of Supervisors of Bedford County rejected a 1992 proposal by the Virginia Department of Corrections for a new 600-inmate facility in Lynchburg, Virginia that would have created between 250 and 300 jobs ...

  9. Mecklenburg Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Mecklenburg Correctional Center was a maximum security prison operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections in unincorporated Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States, [1] near Boydton. It was closed in 2012 due to a decrease in the number of inmates in the Virginia corrections system and expensive ongoing maintenance needs.