Virginia prison articles
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ACLU of Virginia demands Department of Corrections to ‘recalculate’ prison sentences after court ruling
The ACLU of Virginia sent the state’s corrections department a letter demanding the agency to apply a recent court decision ordering a man’s release from prison to others in similar positions so they might be let out too.
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Virginia Supreme Court orders man’s prison release after finding state improperly denied him credits for good behavior
The Supreme Court of Virginia has again ruled against the state and ordered the release of a man who said he earned credits to be let out from prison early but was wrongfully denied by the Department of Corrections.
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Mountjoy Prison unit repurposed as prisons inundated with sex offenders
The number of people being jailed for sex crimes in the past five years has soared by around 50 per cent