RICHMOND – This week, the Virginia Department of Corrections honors the Department’s probation and parole officers, who work to keep our communities safer by providing guidance, support and structure to individuals under supervision in the community, including probationers and parolees who are transitioning back into society after completing prison terms. The past 16 months have presented a… Read More The Virginia Department of Corrections Recognizes Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week

The department anticipates that in-person family visitation will be resumed at all facilities statewide by October 1, 2021 JULY 8, 2021, RICHMOND –– With vaccination rates rising and COVID-19 cases falling, the Department of Corrections will soon be able to allow external visitors back into its facilities. The Virginia DOC is planning a phased-in reopening to visitors… Read More Virginia DOC Begins Reopening State Correctional Facilities to the Public

WISE, VIRGINIA — JULY 6, 2021 The Health Wagon, the nation’s oldest mobile clinic, expands access to COVID-19treatment with the use of monoclonal antibodies. According to the FDA, they are labmade proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful viruses. Dr.Teresa Tyson states, “this is another first for the Health Wagon among… Read More Health Wagon First in Nation to Deliver Monoclonal Antibodies Using a Mobile Health Approach